Admitted: 1980, Georgia
Law School: Mercer University, J.D.
College: Georgia State University, B.S., cum laude, 1977
Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Lawyers Club of Atlanta.
Biography: Phi Delta Phi. Member, Editorial Staff, Mercer Law Review, 1978-1980. Author: "The Exclusionary Rule As Applied to Live Witness Testimony: A New Standard," 30 Mercer Law Review 1087, 1979.
Born: Atlanta, Georgia, June 3, 1952
MilitaryService: USMC, 1969-1980
Cases: Govea v. City of Norcross, et al, 271 Ga. App. 36 (2004), cert. denied, 2006 GA. LEXIS 492 (2005); Holmes v. Kucynda, et. al., 321 F.3d 1069 (11th Cir. 2003); Merida v. City of Chamblee, 65 Fed. Appx. 715 (11th Cir. 2003); Hinson v. Edmond, M.D., 205 F.3d 1264 (11th Cir. 2000); Hinson v. Edmond 192 F.3d 1342 (11th Cir. 1999); Chamblee v. Henry County Board of Education, 239 Ga.App. 143 (1999); Harris v. Coweta County, et al., F.3d 388 (11th Cir. 1994); Harris v. Coweta County, et al., 5 F.3d 507 (11th Cir. 1993); Hibbs, et al. v. City of Riverdale, 478 S.E. 2d 121, 267 Ga. 337 (1996); Packwood Industries, Inc., et al. v. John Galt Associates, et al., 466 S.E.2d 226, 219 Ga.App. 527 (1995); Kopp v. First Bank of Georgia, 235 Ga.App. 520 (1998); Pecora, et al. v. First Bank of Georgia, 457 S.E.2d 200, 217 Ga.App. 190 (1995); Eidson v. Berry, et al., 415 S.E.2d 16, 202 Ga.App. 587 (1992); City of Fairburn v. Cook, 393 S.E. 2d 70, 195 Ga.App. 265 (1990); Smith v. City of East Point, 376 S.E. 2d 215, 189 Ga.App. 454 (1988); City of East Point, et al. v. Smith, 365 S.E.2d 432, 258 Ga. 111 (1988); City of East Point, et al. v. Elam, 362 S.E.2d 369, 257 Ga. 704 (1987).