Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Theta. Dean M. Leigh Harrison Scholar. President, Birmingham-Southern College Student Government Association, 1974-1975. Member, Alabama Law Review, 1976-1977. Member, Bench and Bar. Author: "Agency Immunity and Officer Liability After Destafney: A Justifiable Dichotomy?" Volume 14:1 Cumberland Law Review, 1983; "Interference with Business Relations: The Unified Tort Since Gross v. Lowder Realty," Vol. 50, The Alabama Lawyer, May 1989; "RICO in the 11th Circuit after H.J., Inc.," Vol. 51, The Alabama Lawyer, September, 1990; "Litigating Minority Shareholders Rights and the New Tort of Oppression," Vol. 53 The Alabama Lawyer, March, 1992; "Prosecuting Class Actions in State Court," Volume 14, No. 2 Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal, 1994. Clerk to Judge Walter P. Gewin, United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1978-1979. Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Alabama, 1980—. Treasurer, 1986-1987 and Chairman, 1988-1989, Business Torts and Antitrust Section, Alabama State Bar. Member: Alabama State Board of Bar Examiners, 1991-1994; Alabama Law Institute, 1991—. Member: Executive Committee, Birmingham Bar Association, 1990-1993; Litigation and Antitrust Sections, American Bar Association. President, Board of Trustees, Birmingham Legal Aid Society, 1988-1989.