• J.D., Duke University School of Law (1981)
• A.B., magna cum laude, Duke University (1978)

Alabama, Georgia, Texas

• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• U.S. District Court – Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court – Northern District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court – Middle District of Alabama
• U.S. District Court – Northern District of Alabama
• U.S. District Court – Southern District of Alabama

• American Bar Association
• Alabama State Bar
• State Bar of Georgia
• Texas State Bar

• The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Fellow (Class of 2006)
• Best Lawyers in America (1993-2020), Litigation-Labor & Employment (2011-2020), Employment Law-Management (2011-2020), Labor Law-Management (2011-2020), Workers' Compensation Law-Employers (2011-2020)
• Lawdragon's Top 100 Nation's Most Powerful Employment Lawyers (2009-present)
• Chambers USA, Leading Practitioner in Labor & Employment (2003-2019)
• Alabama Super Lawyers, Employment & Labor (2008-2015)
• Human Resources Executive, "The Nation's Most Powerful Employment Attorneys - Top 100" (2016)
• Mid-South Super Lawyers, Employment and Labor (2016-2019)
• American Bar Foundation Lifetime, Fellow (Class of 2017)

• Funds graduate education scholarship at Jacksonville State University and law school minority scholarship at Birmingham School of Law
• Teaches at Cumberland and the Birmingham School of Law
• Active in St. Francis Xavier Parish
• Campfire, served as Secretary on Board of Directors

• Defending various employers successfully in cases defining "direct threat," "disability," and "reasonable accommodation" in the Eleventh Circuit.

• Defended various causation issues in workers' compensation benefits cases in state appellate courts.

• Defended numerous employers in administrative decisions including successful R and C cases under the National Labor Relations Act (including one hybrid case in which the NLRB found ULPs but declined to set aside an election voting down the union).

• Received a favorable decision setting aside OSHA "willful" citations involving asbestos at a nuclear plant.

• Received a favorable decision in a confined spaces case obtaining a disposition after hearing that reduced numerous repeat violations and $128,000 in fines to less than $8,000.

• Arbitration decisions include labor decisions rejecting individual discharge grievances and one contract interpretation decision allowing the installation of a production line without seniority bidding for positions.

• Tried over 100 cases in employment matters.

• Obtained summary judgment in over four dozen cases in employment matters.