Distinctions · Judicial and Professional Excellence Award, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1993 · Co-Founder & Vice-President, American Inns of Court, Russell, Blass, Walker Chapter, 1992 · Member, Mississippi Bar Board of Admissions, Committee on Character and Fitness Associations · American Bar Association · Defense Research Institute (DRI) · Trucking Industry Defense Association · Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association - Editorial Board · Mississippi Bar · Harrison County Bar Association · Georgia Bar Association · American Inn of Court, Russell, Blass, Walker Chapter · Association of Attendees & Alumni of Hague Academy of Int'l Law, The Netherlands · Harmonie Group - Chairman, Medicare Committee · Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra - President · Int'l Association of Lemon Law Administrators - Member Legal Experience · Smith v. Bennett Insurance Agency et al, civil action No. 2006-0294 · Buckley v. Pearl River Valley Elec. Association, civil action No. 2008-135P · Perkins v. Ashbritt et al, civil action No. 1:07-cv-1185 Papers, Presentations & Publications · "The Medicare Payor Secondary Statute: Litigators Beware", The MDLA Quarterly, Winter (2007). · "Antarctica, The Antarctic Treaty Regime, and Legal and Geopolitical Implications of Natural Resource Exploration and Exploitation," 4 U. of Fla. J. Intl Law 1 (1989). · "Exclusionary Zoning Laws: Irrationally based Barriers to Normalization of Mentally Retarded Citizens," 3 J. Land Use & Envtl. Law 237 (1987) - (cited as 'Worth Reading' by The National Law Journal). · Co-Author, "Critical Legal Studies: A Dialogue," 21 New England Law Review 291 (1985-1986). |