Recipient, Vanderbilt Law Review Note Award, 1989. Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review. Law Clerk to Honorable Harold L. Murphy, U.S. District Judge, Northern District Judge, Northern District of Georgia, 1989-1991. Adjunct Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University School of Law, 2008—. Author: Standards of Proof in Section 274B of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1989, 41 Vand. L. Rev. 1332, 1988. Special Master: Knight v. Alabama, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, 1993-2007; Geier v. Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 2001-2006; Reynolds v. ALDOT, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama, 2002—; In Re Carpet Patent Litigation, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 2008—. Court-Appointed Mediator, United Steelworkers of America v. Pirelli Tire, LLC., U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 2004. Court Appointed Mediator, In Re Polypropylene and Nylon Carpet Antitrust Litigation, MDL, Northern District of Georgia, 2002. Member: Marquis Who's Who in America; Marquis Who's Who in America Law, Board of Directors, The Source of Learning. Fellow, Academy of Court-Appointed Masters.