University Attended:
Jones County Junior College, A.A., 1956
Law School Attended:
Jackson School of Law, LL.B., 1967
Year of First Admission:
1967
Admission:
1967, Mississippi; 1969, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court