Distinctions
· AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
· The Best Lawyers in America®, Banking Law, Banking and Finance Litigation
· Mid-South Super Lawyers®, Banking
· Who's Who in American Law
· Who's Who in America
· Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation
· Mississippi Commissioner, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
· Adjunct Professor, Business Law, William Carey University
· Judge Advocate General Corps, United States Navy
· Top Business Leader, Sun Herald, 2002 Inaugural Class
Associations
· American Bar Association
· Mississippi Bar
- Commissioner, 1991-94
· Harrison County Bar Association
- President, 1998
· Council of School Attorneys
· Gulfport Business Club
- President, 2001-02
· Gulfport Chamber of Commerce
- President, 1997
Legal Experience
· Morris Newspaper Corp. v. Allen, 932 So. 2d 810 (Miss App. 2005).
· Barhonovich v. American National Ins. Co., 947 F.2d 775 (5th Cir. 1991).
· Merchants & Marine Bank v. Douglas Guardian Warehouse Corp., 801 F.2d 742, 2 UCC Rep. Serv. 589 (5th Cir. 1986).
· White v. Hancock Bank, 477 So. 2d 265, 41 UCC Rep. Serv. 1748 (Miss. 1985).
· In Re Frigitemp Corp., 34 B.R. 1000 (S.D. NY 1983).