Practice Areas - Criminal Law
- Drug Crimes
- White Collar Crime
- Employment Law
- Trucking Accidents
| - General Business Law
- General Practice
- Personal Injury
- Automobile Accidents and Injuries
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| University | Liberty University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1991 |
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| Law School | Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., magna cum laude, 1994 |
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| Admitted | 1994, Arkansas; 1995, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court; 2002, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2008, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2011, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit |
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| Memberships | Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas (Member, Appellate Practice Committee; Treasurer, 2001-2002 and Secretary, 2002-2003, Chair-Elect, 2003-2004, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American Bar Associations; Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Amicus Curiae Committee). |
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| Born | Batesville, Arkansas, January 19, 1968 |
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| Biography | Phi Sigma Tau; Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1993-1994. Law Clerk to the Honorable Frank J. Magill, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1994-1995. Author: "The Language of Law, the Sociology of Science and the Troubles of Translation: Defining the Proper Role for Scientific Evidence of Causation," 74 NEB.L.R. 529 (1995); "Is There a Person in That Body?: An Argument for the Priority of Persons and the Need for a New Legal Paradigm," 82 GEO.L.J. 1643 (1994); "Appellate Review of Sentences," 81 GEO.L.J. 1545 (1993). Member, National Speleological Society.
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| Reported Cases | Perkins v. Grimes, 161 F.3d 1127 (8th Cir. 1998); Willis v. State 334 Ark. 412 (1998); Grine v. University of Arkansas, 2 S.W.3d 54 (1999); United States v. Orozco-Rodriguez, 220 F.3d 940 (8th Cir. 2000); VanEsch v. State, 37 S.W.3d 196 (Ark. 2001); Colbert v. State, 55 S.W.3d 268 (Ark. 2001); (Okruhlik and) Schilcher v. University of Arkansas, 255 F.3d 615 (8th Cir. 2001); U.S. v. Woodard, 443 F.3d 661 (8th Cir. 2006); White v. Mattingly, 199 S.W.3d 724 (Ark. 2004); Schilcher v. Univ. of Arkansas, 387 F.3d 959 (8th Cir. 2004); Hearst Corp. v. Skeen, 130 S.W. 3d 910 (Tex App. 2004); King V. Powell, 148 S.W. 3d 792 (Ark. 2004); Hendrickson v. Office of Child Support Enforcement, 72 S.W. 3d 124 (Ark. App. 2002); Colbert v. State, 55 W.W.3d 268 (Ark. 2001). |
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| ISLN | 909601551 |
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