University Attended:
University of South Alabama, B.A., 1976
Law School Attended:
Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., 1979
Year of First admission:
1979
Admission:
1979, Alabama (Inactive), U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh and Fifth Circuits; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court