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 Association. 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