Credentials

Forty-eight years as a member of the Alabama State Bar — thirty in private practice and as an Assistant District Attorney, ten on the probate bench — now devoted full-time to mediation.

Education & Bar Admission

Juris DoctorBirmingham School of Law
Bachelor of ArtsBirmingham-Southern College
Alabama State BarAdmitted 1978

Professional Affiliations

Alabama State BarDispute Resolution Section · Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section
American Bar AssociationSection of Dispute Resolution · Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section · Litigation Section
Mobile Bar AssociationProbate Section
Birmingham Bar AssociationProbate Section
Baldwin County Bar Association

Speaking

Alabama State Bar · Alabama Probate Judges Association · Leadership Shelby County · Leadership Birmingham

Honors & Recognition

Criminal Justice Award of the Year
National Alliance on Mental Illness, Alabama, 2011
For service with the Shelby County Mental Health Court and as an advocate for the mentally ill.

Civic & Board Service

Leadership Shelby County · Shelby Volunteers In Service, Inc. · Harrison Regional Library · Smith Scholarship Foundation, Inc.