CONTACTS
Tel: 912.764.9055
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Federal Trial Practice
Medical Malpractice
Motor Vehicle Accidents – Plaintiff
Motor Vehicle Defects
Personal Injury – Plaintiff
Products Liability Law
Recreational Products
State Trial Practice
Trucking
Wrongful Death – Plaintiff
EDUCATION
University of Georgia School of Law
J.D., 1995
University of Georgia
B.B.A., 1992
Major: Finance
BAR ADMISSIONS
Georgia, 1995
U.S. District Court Southern District of Georgia, 1995
U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1998
U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 2009
South Carolina, 1997
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1996
LITIGATION:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS:
State Bar of Georgia, Board of Governors, 2005-Present
Ogeechee Judicial Circuit Post One Representative
Chairman, Advisory Committee on Legislation
2013-2014, Vice Chair, 2012-2013
Member, Finance Committee, 2012-2014
Special Master for Investigative Panel
State Bar of Georgia, Younger Lawyers Division
Board of Directors, 2001-2004
Executive Council, Member at Large 2000-2001
Georgia Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
University of Georgia School of Law
Joseph Henry Lumpkin Society
Law School Alumni Council, 2007-present, Vice Chairman, 2014-2015
Young Lawyers Alumni Committee, Chairman, 2004-2005; Executive Committee 2001-2006
Law School Association Council, 2006-present
Vice Chairman 2014-2013, Treasurer 2013-2014
Secretary 2012-2013
United States District Court, Southern District of Georgia Advisory Committee 2010-Present
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 1996-present
Civil Justice PAC, Inc., Chairman, 2014-2015
Executive Committee
Ogeechee Judicial Circuit Public Defender Selection Panel
Representative of Chief Judge William Woodrum, 2003-present
American Bar Association, 1995-present
Bulloch County Bar Association, 1995-present
President 1997
Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1995-present
CIVIC/PRO BONO ACTIVITIES:
Statesboro First United Methodist Church
Administrative Board, 2000-2003
Finance Committee, 2013-2014
Statesboro Rotary Club, 1999 – Present
Board of Directors, 2000-2004, 2013-2015
Paul Harris Fellow
Will Watt Fellow
Joseph’s Home for Boys, Board of Directors, 2006- 2014
Forest Heights Country Club, Board of Directors, 2003 – 2009
Ogeechee Area Hospice Board of Directors 2002 -2006, 2008-2012
Statesboro/Bulloch County Chamber of Commerce Leadership Bulloch, 2002
HONORS & AWARDS:
Lawyer’s Foundation of Georgia, Life Fellow
2002 Leadership Bulloch
Georgia Trend Legal Elite
Georgia Super Lawyers
FRATERNITIES/SORORITIES:
Chi Psi Fraternity