Associate

 

Education

Juris Doctor, University of Arkansas, 1991

            Chair, Board of Advocates
            Member, ABA National Moot Court Team
            Member, Order of Barristers
            President, Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity

Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, in History, University of Arkansas, 1988

            Honors Thesis: “English Common Law Development: 1066-1215”
            Minor: French
Dean’s List, J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Award for Academic Excellence, Department of History

Legal Experience

Summer Associate, Heiskell, Donelson, Bearman, Adams, Williams & Kirsch, 1990
Associate, Heiskell, Donelson, Bearman, Adams, Williams & Caldwell, 1991-94
Claims Attorney, Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, 1994-97
Associate, The Hardison Law Firm, 1997-2002; 2007-present

Professional and Civic

Member, Federal Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association (former Chair, Young Lawyers Division Youth Court Advisory Board), and Memphis Bar Association

Recipient, 1997 Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division President’s Distinguished Service Award

Graduate, National Institute of Trial Advocacy

Member, Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court

Member, Steering Committee for 1995 National Civil Rights Museum Conference on Freedom

Member, Young Adult LeBonheur Leaders, Methodist LeBonheur Hospital

 

Reported Cases

Carroll v. Whitney, 29 S.W.3d 14 (Tenn. 2000)

Seminars and Presentations

Annual Convention, Tennessee Corrections Institute, Nashville, Tennessee, 2000 “Current Issues in Law Enforcement and Corrections Litigation” 

Institute for Practicing Lawyers on Real Property – Sponsored by the Memphis Bar Association 1/21/97, Memphis, Tennessee- “The Title Insurance Policy and Title Insurance Litigation”

Institute for Practicing Lawyers on Real Property – Sponsored by the Memphis Bar Association 1/24/95, Memphis, Tennessee- “The Title Insurance Policy”

Annual Convention, Sponsored by the Tennessee Hotel/Motel Association 9/9/93, Memphis, Tennessee – Mock Trial and Presentation on Premises Liability