Admitted: 1972, Georgia
Law School: Mercer University, J.D.
Member: Atlanta Bar Association; Cobb County Bar Association; American Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia (Legislative Advisory Committee, 2009-2012; Vice Chair, 2009-2010; Chair, 2011-2012).
Biography: Phi Delta Phi. Judge, 1979-1985 and Chief Judge, 1983-1985, State Court of Cobb County. Member, Judicial Council of Georgia, 1983-1985. President, Council of State Court Judges of Georgia, 1984-1985. Registered General Mediator and General Arbitrator, 1997, Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution. Special Master, Supreme Court of Georgia, 1999. Judge, Superior Courts of Georgia, Cobb Judicial Circuit, 1985-1991. Chair, Georgia Health Planning Review Board, 2001-2003. Cobb Circuit Defender, Tripartite Governing Committee, Superior Court of Cobb County, 2000-2003. Member, Georgia House of Representatives, 1991-1995. Member, The Weltner Family Law Inn of Court. Member, The Advocates Club. Member, Atlanta Lawyers Club. Member, Old War Horse Lawyers Club. Member, Georgia Board of Bar Examiners, 2012-2018. Fellow: Lawyers Foundation of Georgia (Sustaining Fellow).
Born: Jacksonville, Florida, May 9, 1947
MilitaryService: Captain, Retired Reserve, U.S. Army
Cases: Cobb County v. City of Smyrna, 270 Ga.App. 471 (2004); Automated Solutions Enterprises, Inc. v. Clearview Software, Inc., 255 Ga.App. 884 (2002); Prater v. State, 273 Ga. 477 (2001); Barlow v. State, 270 Ga. 54 (1998); Ledee v. Devoe, 225 Ga.App. 620 (1997); Stocks v. Glover, 220 Ga.App. 557 (1996); Dick v. Williams, 215 Ga.App. 629 (1994); Hospital Authority of Gwinnett County v. State Health Planning Agency, 211 Ga.App. 407 (1993); State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Seeba, 209 Ga.App. 328 (1993).