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Mississippi College, J.D., Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi College Law Review, with special distinction, 1995

University of Alabama, B.S., History, cum laude, 1992
Federal Clerk, Judge Glen Davidson, U.S. District Court, Northern District, Mississippi
Federal Clerk, Judge E. Grady Jolly, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit

Tennessee, 2002
Mississippi, 1996
U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
- Tennessee: Western District
U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

Christopher Trejo v. Johnson & Johnson and McNeil Consumer Healthcare - Superior Court of California, Los Angeles (August-October 2011) – Trial Counsel.
Justice Brakefield, et al. v. McNeil Consumer Healthcare - Superior Court of California, San Francisco (March 2011), defense verdict - Trial Counsel.
Karen Robinson v. Johnson & Johnson and McNeil Consumer Healthcare - U.S. District Court, N. D. Illinois (August 2009), judgment for defense – Trial Counsel.
Austin v. Will-Burt Co., 361 F.3d 862 (5th Cir. 2004); wrongful death/product liability action in which the Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for firm’s client, the manufacturer of a news van’s telescoping mast.
Betterton v. Evans, et al., 351 F.Supp.2d 529 (N.D.Miss. 2004); granting summary judgment to pacemaker manufacturer under preemption principles of Medical Device Amendments.
Willow Creek Exploration LTD v. Tadlock Pipe & Equipment, Inc., et al., 186 F.Supp.2d 675 (S.D.Miss. 2002); granting motion to dismiss of manufacturer of well tubing for lack of personal jurisdiction.
Piotrowski v. City of Houston, 237 F.3d 567 (5th Cir. 2001); Section 1983 claims, reversed in favor of city.
Breaux v. City of Garland, 205 F.3d 150 (5th Cir. 2000); First Amendment retaliation claims, reversed in favor of city.

"Reducing Verdicts: Who s Up First?" MDLA Quarterly, Spring 2010.
"Daubert Your Expert," Greater Memphis Paralegal Alliance, March 2008.
"Fifth Circuit Reporter," Quarterly Civil Procedure Update (apprx. 2000-02).
"Expert Testimony: Frye is Dead; Long Live Frye," 15 Miss. C.L. Rev. 163 (1994).
"Risk Management Prior Approval for New Drugs," Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 1 No. 3, 12-16 (July 2008).
"Case Law: A Fifty State Survey Concerning the Admissibility of Expert Testimony," Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 2 No. 1, 14-15 (February 2009).
"The Thorny Problem of Advertising," Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 3 No. 1, 6-10 (January 2010).
"The Quest for the Holy Grail: The Fully Informative, yet Fully Understandable, OTC Label," Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 3 No. 3, 12-19 (August 2010).