Areas of Emphasis

• Corporate/LLC Law
• Securities
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Business Planning and Operations

Distinctions

• The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law
• Mississippi Secretary of State’s Business and Reform Committee for Corporations, 2010
• Mississippi Secretary of State’s Business and Reform Committee for LLC’s and Partnerships, 2008-09

Education & Honors

• University of Edinburgh, LL.M., Legal History, magna cum laude, 1995
• Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar, Edinburgh 1994-95
• Vanderbilt University, J.D., Student Notes Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1997

• Reformed Theological Seminary, Certificate in Theology, 1992
• University of Mississippi, B.A., History, summa cum laude, 1991

Associations

• American Bar Association
  • Business Law Section
    • Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Organizations Committee
    • Mississippi Liaison, State Regulation of Securities Committee
    • Limited Liability Companies Committee
• Mississippi Bar Association
  • Business Law Section
    • Chair, 2002-03
  • Real Estate Section
• Capital Area Bar Association

Bar Admissions

• Mississippi, 1997