EDUCATION:   Spring Hill College, BSC - Accounting Major, 1971; Cumberland School of Law, Juris Doctorate, 1974;

Law Clerk to the Honorable W.B. Hand, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama;

PRACTICE OF LAW:  Entered the private practice of law in 1976 through January 2001;

Former Professor of Business Law, Spring Hill College;

District Court Judge for Mobile County January 2001 to present; Presiding Judge, District Court November 2001- November 2003, November 2007- Present;

ORGANIZATIONS:  

• Member Mobile Bar Association;
  • Mobile Bar Association Ethics Committee, five annual terms
  • Mobile Bar Association Continued Legal Education Committee
• Member Alabama State Bar Association;
  • Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, Chairman 1996-1998
• Member Alabama District Judges Association;
• Member Mobile Government Plaza Security Committee
• Member Mobile County Personal Board Supervisory Committee

Married to the former Kimberly Knotts, four children, five grandchildren