Admitted: 1977, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eighth Circuits; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Eleventh Circuits
Law School: University of Memphis, J.D.
Member: Memphis and Shelby County Bar Associations; Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; International Criminal Defense Attorney's Association.
Biography: Former Chief Public Defender, Memphis, Tennessee. Former Assistant Federal Defender, Western District of Tennessee. Former Assistant Shelby County Public Defender. Former Assistant Shelby County Attorney General.
Born: Holly Springs, Mississippi, 1951
Cases: US v Wiggens, 828 F2d 1119 (6th Cir 1987); US v Blackmon, 874 F2d 378 (6th Cir 1989); US v Macklin, 900 F2d 948 (6th Cir 1990); US v Cianciola, 920 F2d 1295 (6th Cir 1990); US v Livingston, 941 F2d 431 (6th Cir 1991); US v Poindexter, 942 F2d 354 (6th Cir 1991); US v Day, 956 F2d 124 (6th Cir 1992); US v Rasco, 963 F2d 132 (6th Cir 1992); US v Pittman, 55 F3d 1136 (6th Cir 1995); US v Jones, 65 F3d 520 (6th Cir 1995); US v Tines, 70 F3d 891 (6th Cir 1995); US v Jefferson, 149 F3d 444 (6th Cir 1998); US v Thomas, 211 F3d 316 (6th Cir 2000); US v Price, 329 F3d 903 (6th Cir 2003); US v Williams, 342 F3d 430 (6th Cir 2003); US v Williams, 354 F3d 497 (6th Cir 2003); US v Thompson, 361 F3d 918 (6th Cir 2004); US v Hines, 398 F3d 713 (6th Cir 2005); US v Lane, 509 F3d 771 (6th Cir 2007); US v Moon, 513 F3d 527 (6th Cir 2008).