Honors and Awards:

• Outstanding Public Service Award, Georgia State Bar Pro Bono Project, 2011
• Board Member, Mercer Law School Alumni , 2011
• Vice President - GTLA, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2011

Bar/Professional Activity:

•  Consumer Justice Foundation - Board of Trustees (2008 - 2009)
• Georgia Consumer Justice Foundation -  Member,  2007 - 2009  
• GTLA Champion Member (2004 to present)
•  Mercer University's Moot Court Teams - Practicing Coach.   I was invited to coach the 1994 & 1995 Florida Workers' Compensation Moot Court Competition held in Orlando, Florida. In 1995, my two teams beat out the entire field, meeting head to head in the final round of the tournament.
• Middle Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (MGTLA), 2005 - present
• American Association for Justice (formerly ATLA), 2004 - present
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA), 2004 - present
• Macon Bar Association, 1994 - present
• State Bar of Georgia, Young Lawyers Division, 1994 - 2005
• State Bar of Ga, 1994

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Teacher, AWANA Cubbies Mid Week Program, Ingelside Baptist Church (2004)
• Ingleside Baptist Church, Member 1999 - present. 
• Coach - Upward Soccer (Youth), 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, & 2010
• Coach - Upward Basketball (Youth), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
• Coach - Girls Softball (ages 5 &6), 2008
• Youth Challenge Academy, Fort Stewart, Georgia.  Certified Mentor, 2005 - 2006

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• "Effective Closing Arguments," 10th Annual General Practice & Trial Institute, ICLE, Amelia Island, Florida (April 2011)
• "Closing Arguments in Conservative Venues,"  Southern Trial Lawyers Assoc. Annual Meeting, New Orleans, March 2011.
• "Sequencing of Evidence at Trial," 9th Annual General Practice & Trial Institute, ICLE, Amelia Island, Florida (March 14-16, 2010)
• "Excess Verdicts in Personal Injury Cases," 8th Annual General Practice & Trial Institute, ICLE, Amelia Island, Florida (March 12-14, 2009)
• "Direct Examination of a Treating Physician," Inside the Courtroom - The Trial of a Personal Injury Case, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, State Bar of GA Conference Center, Atlanta, GA (February 26, 2009)
• "Pre-Trial Evidence," GTLA Holiday Workshop, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Atlanta, GA (December 12, 2008)
• "Punitive Damages in DUI Cases,"  Punitive Damages in Georgia, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Atlanta, GA (Sept. 25, 2008)
• "Claims from the Claimant's Perspective," Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Macon, GA (March 2004)
• "Federal Preemption in Product Liability Cases," Verdict Magazine, Winter 1999.
• "Direct Examination of the Plaintiff," Inside the Courtroom, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Atlanta, GA (April 4, 2008)
• "Framing the Issue for the Jury," Jury Trials Seminar, General Practice & Trial Section, State Bar of GA Conference Center, Atlanta, GA (December 14, 2007)
• "Punitive Damages in Fraud Cases," Punitive Damags in Georgia, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Atlanta, GA (March 2007)
• "Constitutional Conflict: The Free Speech Clause v. The Establishment Clause," Mercer Law Review, Vol. 45-2, 1994.

Verdicts and Settlements:

• $1,600,000.00 ($1.6 Million) RECOVERY -- auto accident, back injury.  Dougherty State Court
• $1,278,000.00 ($1.278 MILLION) Jury Verdict & Judgment.  (9 Times Defendant's Best Offer.)  Bibb State Court
• $1,100,000.00 ($1.1 Million) RECOVERY -- Auto / Back Surgery.   Houston State Court
• $5,000,000.00 ($5 Million) RECOVERY.  Peach Superior Court.  Burn injuries.  Settled at mediation shortly before trial
• $1,740,000.00 ($1.74 Million) RECOVERY.  Fulton State Court.  Products Liability/Wrongful Death Case.  Ins. Co. for Truck Driver Paid---$750,000.00(Full Policy)  Company Who Manufactured Brake System Paid--- $995,000.00.  Total Recovery---$1.74 million dollars   
• $875,000.00 RECOVERY -- auto accident / fractured femur and ankle.   No lost wages (retired lady in her late 60s.)  Bibb Superior Court.
• $487,000.00 JURY VERDICT -- (5 Times Defendant's Best Offer).  Auto accident / fractured femur.  Medical expenses -- $60,000.  Clayton State Court. 
• $450,000.00 JURY VERDICT -- In Excess of Ins. Policy Limits.  (7.5 Times Def.'s Best Offer.)  Bibb Superior.  Soft tissue injury - bulging disk.  Medicals $10,000, no lost wages.  Client refused all prescription meds and refused recommended injections. 
• $86,330.73 JURY VERDICT -- In Excess of Ins. Policy Limits.  (5 Times Def.'s Best Offer.)  Bibb Superior Court.  Soft tissue/low back injury.  Medicals $13,000.  Allstate's Best Offer -- $17,000.  Allstate paid entire verdict, which was $36,330.73 above its $50,000 policy limits.
• $350,000.00 RECOVERY.  Bibb State Court.  Slip & Fall Case/Back Injury. 
• $450,000.00 RECOVERY.  Douglas State Court.  Auto accident.  Lower Back Injury. 
• $200,000.00 JURY VERDICT.  (3 Times Def.'s Best Offer.)  Bibb State Court.  Right shoulder injury. 
• $100,000.00 JURY VERDICT - Slip and Fall Case.  (Def. Made No Offer.)  Bibb State Court.  Soft tissue injury to lower back.   Ins. Co. Paid $117,000.00 to my client. 
• $625,000.00 RECOVERY -- In Excess of Ins. Polciy Limits.  Cobb County.  $200,000.00 over available policy limits. 
•  $70,000.00 RECOVERY -- In Excess of Ins. Policy Limits. Jones Superior Court.  Soft Tissue Back Injury.  Progressive Ins. Co paid $20,000 over and above its policy limits.
•  $100,000.00 JURY VERDICT -- In Excess of Ins. Policy Limits.  (12 Times Def.'s Best Offer). Bibb State Court.  Soft tissue injury to back.  Medicals of $7200.  Ins. Co.´s Best offer was $8500.   Two policies combined for total limits of $65,000.  Ins. Co. Paid $100,000.00, which was $35,000 over and above its policy limits.
•  $750,000.00 JURY VERDICT -- In Excess of Ins. Policy Limits.  (5 Times Def.'s Best Offer.)  Bibb Superior Court.  Shoulder and wrist injury.  Medicals of $42,000.  Lost wages of $10,000.  Ins. Co.'s best pretrial offer was $150,000 (which was $50,000 over its policy limits of $100,000.)  Verdict rendered in June 2008, and the case is still pending. 
• $200,000 JURY VERDICT -- In Excess of Ins. Policy Limits.  (12 Times Def.'s Best Offer.)  Bibb Superior Court.  Soft tissue injury to neck.  Medicals of $15,200. No lost wages.  Progressive Ins. Co.´s Best Offer was $17,000.  Progressive Ins. Co. paid $190,000.00, which was $165,000.00 over and above its policy limits of $25,000.
• $494,569.18 JURY VERDICT --  In Excess of Ins. Policy Limits.  (5 Times Def.'s Best Offer).  Spaulding Superior.  Aggravation of preexisting herniated disk.  Medicals of $60,000.00.  Allstate Insurance Co.´s best offer was $100,000 offer at trial.  Allstate Paid $494,569.18, which was $394,569.18 over and above its policy limits     
• $347,000 JURY VERDICT.  (Almost 5 Times Def.'s Best Offer.)  Bibb Superior Court.  Condemnation Case.    
• $293,000.00 JURY VERDICT.  (3 Times Def.'s Best Offer.)  Bibb State Court.  Ankle Surgery and Soft Tissue Neck Injury.  Medicals of $33,000. 
• $875,000.00 JURY VERDICT -- SLIP AND FALL CASE.  (6 Times Def.'s Best Offer).  Houston State Court.  Fractured Elbow requiring surgery.  Medicals $69,000.  Client continued to work full duty in Air Force.   Ins. Co. Best Offer - $150,000 while jury was out.  

Educational Background:

• Truett-McConnell College, Cleveland, GA (1987-88).  Honors & Achievements:  Dean's List;  Academic Scholarship;  Athletic Scholarship - Basketball and Tennis;  Academic Basketball Award;  Varsity Tennis Team;  Varsity Basketball Team;  *1987 GA Junior College State Champions (Basketball).
• Abraham Baldwin College, Tifton, GA (1988-89).  Honors & Acheivements: Dean's List;  Regent's Academic Scholarship;  Varsity Tennis Team;  Intramural Sports
• Georgia Southern University (B.B.A. in Management, 1991).  Honors & Achievements: Dean's List;  President's List;  Gamma Beta Phi (Honor Society);  Intramural Sports
• Mercer University School of Law (J.D. 1994)   Honors & Achievements : Awarded a Full Academic Scholarship;  Mercer Law Review, 1993-94;  1993-94 Moot Court Team;  1993 Craven Cup Moot Court Competition, UNC;  1993 Florida Workers' Compensation Moot Court Competition, Student Director;  Mentor Program;  Dean's List;  Intramural Sports