College: Carson-Newman College (1974), Jefferson City, Tennessee
Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude)

Previous Employment:

Social Security Administration Office of Hearings & Appeals
1990 - 1993: Nashville, Tennessee: Staff Attorney

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

1985 - 1990: Dallas, Texas: Trial Attorney
1981 - 1985: Jackson, Mississippi: Investigator

Tennessee Valley Authority
1978 - 1981: Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tennessee:
Equal Opportunity Investigator/Counselor

Court Memberships:

Supreme Court of Mississippi (1982)
Supreme Court of Tennessee (1992)
United States District Courts:
Eastern District of Tennessee (1994)
Middle District of Tennessee (1993)
Northern District of Texas (1985)
Southern District of Mississippi (1982)
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1996)
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1982)

National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), 1989

Reported Cases:

Anthony v. BTR Automotive Sealing Systems, Inc., 339 F. 3d 506 (6th Cir. 2003) Weigel v. Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee, 302 F. 3d 367 (6th Cir. 2002)
Alarcon v. Bill Rodgers Buick, Inc., 110 F. Supp. 2d 656 (E.D. Tenn. 2000)
Lance v. University of Tennessee, 60 F. Supp. 2d 773 (E.D. Tenn. 1999)
Hayes v. Scruggs, Inc., 990 F. Supp. 545 (E.D. Tenn. 1997)
Heidel v. U.S. Postal Service, 63 M.S.P.R. 669 (1994), 69 M.S.P.R. 511 (1996)
EEOC v. Best Products Co., Inc., 54 EPD ¶ 40,165 (N.D. Texas 1990).

Born: July 13, 1951, Kingsport, Tennessee.
Languages: German