Co-Founder and Managing Member, Crone & Mason, plc

Education and Experience
Memphis State University (B.A., 1987; J.D., 1990). Omicron Delta Kappa; Delta Kappa Delta. Member: Moot Court Board; National Moot Court Competition Team.
Appointed Chief Counsel, Tennessee Department of Employment Security, 1995, by Tennessee Governor Don Sundquist.
Assistant Shelby County Attorney, 1996-2002

Memberships
American Trial Lawyers Association.
Memphis, Tennessee, Arkansas, and American Bar Associations.
Member: American Bar Association Litigation Section and its Committees on (1) Pre-trial Practice and Procedure and (2) Class Actions and Derivative Lawsuits.
Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association.
President, Labor and Employment Law Section of the Memphis Bar Association (2005)
Co-Chair, Employment Law Subcommittee of the Class Actions and Derivative Lawsuits Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation (2004 to Present)

Admissions
Licensed to practice in Tennessee (1990) and Arkansas (1991).
Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee (1991); U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas (1991); U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee (1995); United States Multi-District Litigation Panel, (1996); Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (1998); Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (2000); United States Supreme Court (2000).

Appeared pro hac vice:
United States Federal District Court for the Maryland District;
United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida;
United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi;
United States District Court for the Northern District of Utah;
United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania;
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama; United States District Court for the District of Kansas;
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Delaware;
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida;
Florida State Trial Court;
Mississippi State Trial Court;
Colorado State Trial Court;
North Carolina State Trial Court;
Utah State Trial Court;
Idaho State Trial Court; and,
Oregon State Trial Court.

Awards and Honors
Recipient, Top Forty Under Forty Award, 2000, presented by The Memphis Business Journal, November 10, 2000.
Leadership Memphis Class of 2002

Personal
Born Memphis, Tennessee
Board of Directors, Family Services of the Mid-South;
Board of Directors, Fire Museum of Memphis.
Board of Directors Catholic Charities, Inc.
Communicant Immaculate Conception Cathedral.
Chairman, Shelby County Republican Party.