Practice Areas - Tort and Personal Injury
- Products Liability
- Medical Malpractice
- Civil Rights Litigation
- Criminal Law
- Contract Litigation
- Wills
- Probate Litigation
| - Estate Planning
- Probate
- Trusts
- Family
- Municipal Law
- Insurance Litigation
- Administrative Law
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| University | Georgia State University; Columbia Theological Seminary, B.D., magna cum laude, 1964 |
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| Law School | University of Georgia, J.D., 1956 |
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| Admitted | 1959, Georgia; 1967, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1976, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1986, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia; 1991, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas |
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| Memberships | Atlanta (Chairman: Public Relations Committee, 1974-1975; Membership Committee, 1975-1976; Vice Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1975-1979) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Chairman: Criminal Law Section, 1975-1976; Criminal Justice Committee, 1978; State Bar's Consultant to Uniform Superior Court Rules Committee of Council of Superior Court Judges, 1984-1985; The Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Overview Committee, 1984-1985; Rules of Practice Study Committee, 1984—); Lawyers Club of Atlanta; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. |
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| Biography | Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Blue Key. Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1956-1960. Presbyterian Pastorate, 1964-1967. Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta Judicial Circuit, 1967-1975. Member of Board, Metropolitan Atlanta Council on Alcohol & Drugs, 1971-1973, 1975-1976. Special Prosecutor for Governor, 1976-1979. Special Consultant to Supreme Court of Georgia on Appellate Reform, 1979-1980—. Member, Speedy Trial Planning Group, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1980-1983. Member, Board of Directors, Federal Defenders Program, Inc., 1985-1987. Listed: Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in America; Who's Who in the World; International Who's Who of Professionals.
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| Reported Cases | Litterilla and Hyde v. Hospital Authority of Fulton County, 262 Ga. 34, 413 S.E.2d 718 (1992); Rolader v. The State, 202 Ga. App. 134, 413 S.E.2d 752 (1991); National Teen-Ager Co. v. Scarborough, 254 Ga. 467, 330 S.E.2d 711 (1985); Lavelle v. The State, 250 Ga. 224, 297 S.E.2d 234 (1982); U.S. v. Tookes, 633 F.2d 712 (5th Cir. 1980); Tuzman v. The State, 145 Ga. App. 761, 244 S.E.2d 882 (1978); Geiger v. The State, 129 Ga. App. 488, 199 S.E.2d 861 (1973); Ansley v. The State, 124 Ga. App. 670, 185 S.E.2d 562 (1971); Morris v. The State, 228 Ga. 39, 184 S.E.2d 82 (1971); Johnson v. The State, 226 Ga. 511, 175 S.E.2d 840 (1970); Battle v. The State, 275 Ga. App. 301 (2005). |
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| ISLN | 907591786 |
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