BORN:  Mobile, Alabama, September 20, 1944.

EDUCATION:  Mobile public schools, Murphy High School; Bachelor of Arts Degree from Birmingham-Southern College; Law Degree from University of Alabama.

PRACTICE OF LAW:  Admitted to practice law in 1969; 37 years experience as an attorney, including trials and appeals to our Appellate and Supreme Courts; and Admiralty and Maritime suits.  In private practice until appointed to complete the term of retiring Circuit Court Judge Ferrill D. McRae in October 2006; elected in November 2006.

PRESENT MEMBER:  Mobile Bar Association; Alabama Bar Association; American Bar Association; Circuit Judges Association; and member of Dauphin Way United Methodist Church.