Admitted to Bar:
- Tennessee, 1974
Education:
- Duke University (A.B., 1970)
- University of Memphis (J.D., 1974)
Member:
- Hearing Panel, Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee (1982-88)
- Transportation Research Board Committee on Transit and Intermodal Transportation Law (1992-Present, Chair 1998-2000, 2006-13)
- Transportation Research Board Group Legal Resources Council (1996-Present, Chair 2000-03)
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation
- Memphis Bar Association (1974-present; Board of Directors, 1983-84)
Author/Lecturer:
- 2017 Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lecturer, Transportation Research Board
- Survey of the law on tort liability caps
- Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility
- Americans with Disabilities Act regulations
- Attorney-client privilege of public boards
- Department of Transportation regulations on procurement, Buy America requirements, lobbying restrictions, third party contracting, labor issues, and charter bus.
- Transit system security issues
- Initial Reviewer: Selected Studies in Transportation Law, Vol. 5, Transit Law, Paul Stephen Dempsey, Transit Cooperative Research Program, 2004
Other:
- American Public Transportation Association Legal Affairs Committee (Vice Chairman, 1992-94; Chairman, 1994-96)
- Has served on several APTA Task Forces that have successfully dealt with major regulatory issues with the U.S. Department of Transportation
- General Counsel, Memphis Area Transit Authority (1976-99; 2009-Present)
- Selected “Power Player” in the Law: Employment section of the Memphis Business Quarterly (now known as Inside Memphis Business) (2010-Present)
- Best Lawyers In America: Litigation – Labor and Employment, (2017-Present)