Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, D. U. I., Misdemeanors, Family, Construction & Military Law, Child Custody, Divorce, Interstate Child Custody, Habeas Corpus Felonies
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Personal Injury, Products Liability, Pharmaceutical, Auto and Truck Injuries, Toxic Torts, Medical Negligence and Business Litigation, and Wrongful Death.
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Serious Personal Injury; Pharmaceutical (prescription drug) Liability, Product Liability, Occupational Disease, Workers' Compensation, Auto/Truck Injuries
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B.S. University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha, Oklahoma, 1973 Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, J.D. 1976
Georgia, 1976, North Carolina, 1977
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1987
U.S. District Court Southern District of Georgia U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals
Honors: Magna Cum Laude Major: Accounting
National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada, 1986
Gen. Juris, Graduate Course
Classes/Seminars Taught: Southeast Regional Georgia Law Enforcement Officers quarterly meeting, Claxton Georgia, 1999 - Present
"Attacking Field Sobriety Tests" to the Georgia Bar, 2001 - Present
Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Officers, Brunswick, GA, 2001 - Present
"Ethics in Negotiating and Presenting Pleas" (DUI "Boot Camp" for Georgia Indigent Defense Council), 2002 - Present
"Probable Cause in 2002: Do Viable Challenges Still Exist?" to theGeorgia Bar, 2002 - Present
"Defense of the (False) Child Molestation Case" to Military Defense Counsel Regional Conference, 2002 - Present
Guest Speaker at Savannah Metro Law Enforcement Executives/Chiefs Breakfast Meeting, 2002 - Present
"Cross-Examination of the State's Breath Testing Expert" to Georgia Bar, 2002 - Present
"What Every Lawyer Needs to know About DUI Today" to the Savannah Bar Association Member
Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Member
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America Member
Special and General Courts-Martial for 7 Years Circuit Military Judge
CG, Army CID Command, Washington, DC Staff Judge Advocate (Chief Legal Counsel)
The Judge Advocate General of the Army, Washington, D.C. Civil Litigation Attorney
82 Airborne Division nd Prosecutor and Chief Defense Counsel
Private Practice of Law Doing Justice the Hard Way since 1991
Judge, Pro-Tem Municipal Courts of Thunderbolt, Garden City and Port Wentworth, GA
Drug Court of Thunderbolt Judge
President Savannah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Savannah Bar Association, 2002 - Present
How Interrogators Obtain, on Purpose or Unintentionally, False Confessions, 2004 - Present
Family Law: Alimony, Custody, Modifications, Military Issues, AASU Guest Lecturer, 2004 - Present
"What Every Cop Needs to Know About DUI, Ctrm Testimony, To Detect a Liar" to RHill PD & Bryan Co LEO, 2004 - Present
"DUI Defenses for Cops and Courtroom Testimony" to Thunderbolt Police Dept, 2004 - Present
Lecturer, Public Safe Boating Crs: Boat Handling & Mariner's Compass Tybee Lt Power Sqdn, 2004 - Present
Guest Lecturer for SouthEastern Traffic Enforcement Network, Ga GOHS, DUI Defenses and Cops, 2004 - Present
Fifteen Hints for ALS Suspensions for DUI, GA ICLE for Lawyers, Atlanta, GA, 2004 - Present
Lecturer for Lorman Professional Seminars, Thirty Thoughts on Negotiation of a DUI Plea Atlanta, GA, 2005 - Present
Adjunct Professor, AASU, Litigation for Paralegals, Savannah, GA, 2005 - Present
Lecturer, GA Assoc Crim Def Lawyers, Significant Appellate Opinions 2000 - 2005" Daufuskie Island, SC, 2005 - Present
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B.S. Mercer University: Graduate (1988);
University of Georgia School of Law (1992);
Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity: Member;
Admitted to practice before Georgia Court of Appeals,
Admitted to practice before Georgia Supreme Court,
Admitted to practice before U.S. District Court Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia and the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals 11 Circuit; Association of Trial Lawyers of America:
New Lawyers Division Chair (2000),
Board of Governors (2000-2002);
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association:
Chair, New Lawyers Division (1996-1997),
Chair, Membership Committee (1998-1999)
Co-Chair, Fall Workshop Committee (1998-present);
Savannah Trial Lawyers Association: President (2000-2001);
President-Elect (1999-2000), Vice-President (1998-1999), Secretary/Treasurer (1997-1998);
Million Dollar Advocates Forum;
Three time recipient of the Weidemann-Wysocki Citation for Trial Lawyer Excellence;
Supporting Fellow of the Roscoe Pound Foundation;
Member, ATLA Leaders Forum.
Martindale-Hubbell's AV Rating (the highest rating);
Elected to the Outstanding Lawyers of America (2003)
Recipient of the 200 3National F. Scott Baldwin Award for Most
Outstanding Young Trial Lawyer
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B.S. University of North Carolina, Dean's List (1977)
University of North Carolina School of Law (1982)
Member: State Bar of Georgia (1983)
Member: State Bar of North Carolina (1982)
Admitted to Practice: All Georgia trial and appellate courts Admitted to Practice: U.S. District Court for Southern,
Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia
Admitted to Practice: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Admitted to Practice: U.S. Supreme Court
Past President: Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
Past President: Savannah Trial Lawyers Association
Certified by National Board of Trial Advocacy in civil trial advocacy since 1994
Member of American Asso. for Justice since 1983
Martindale-Hubbell AV rating
Author: "How to Handle a Formaldehyde Case", Plaintiff's Guide to Toxic Torts, Matthew Bender (1987)
Author: "Use of Learned Treatises at Trial", The Verdict (8/98)
Author: "Direct Examination of a Treating Doctor", Calendar Call (12/92)
Author: "Screening the Toxic Tort Case", The Verdict (4/93) Author: "Epidemiology for the Trial Lawyer", The Verdict
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