BORN:  Birmingham, Alabama, September 3, 1946.

EDUCATION:  Davidson High School, Mobile, Alabama, 1964; University of Alabama, B. S. Degree, 1969; University of Alabama, School of Law, Juris Doctor Degree, 1970.

MILITARY:  United States Army.

PRACTICE OF LAW:  Admitted to practice of law before all Alabama courts in 1971; admitted to practice before United States District for the Southern District of Alabama in 1971; United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 1971; United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in 1981; and Supreme Court of the United States in 1980.

Private practice in Mobile from 1971 until elected Circuit Judge in 2000.  City Attorney for the City of Mobile 1981-1985, and attorney for the Mobile City Council 1985-2000.

PRESENT MEMBER:  Mobile Bar Association and Alabama Bar Association.