Education/Experience:
Louisiana State University (B.A., 1979; M.A., English, 1981). Phi Kappa Phi. Dean's List. University of Memphis (J.D., 1995). Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Fellow, Cecil C. Humphrey, University of Memphis, 1993-1994. Freshman Moot Court Quarter-Finalist; Advanced Moot Court Champion; Mock Trial Competition, Best Brief; International Law Moot Court Competition Midwest Regional, Fourth-Place Team, Second-Place Brief. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Decedent's Estates, Moot Court and Trial Advocacy. Notes Editor, University of Memphis Law Review. Law Clerk to Hon. Holly K. Lillard, Court of Appeals, Tennessee, 1995-1997.

Professional Memberships:
Memphis Bar Association.

Courts Admitted To:
State courts—Tennessee. Federal district court—United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Federal appellate courts—Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals; Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.

Publications:
Case Comment, "Evidence- State v. Barone: Limiting the Scope of the Hearsay Exception in Tennessee Rule 803(4)," The University of Memphis Law Review, Vol. 25, No. 2.