University Attended:
Order of the Coif; Benwood Scholar; American Jurisprudence Awards; Prentice-Hall Award; Gustavus Henry Wald Prize; Henry A. Morrill Prize; Provident Bank Prize; John R. Saylar Prize; Phi Alpha Delta Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement; University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, B.A., 1976; Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Kappa Phi; Mississippi State University, 1972-1975; S.D. Lee Honors Program
Law School Attended:
University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D., 1979
Year of First Admission:
1980
Admission:
1980, Mississippi; 1980, 5th Cir.; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court; 1991, N.D. Miss.; 1980, S.D. Miss.