Honors and Awards:

• Order of Barristers, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Chair, Family Law Section, Chattanooga Bar Association, 2010 - 2011
• Hearing Officer, Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility, 2007 - 2011
• Tennessee Bar Association Family Law Section Executive Committee, 2003 - 2011
• Tennessee Department of Human Services Income Shares Advisory Committee, 2005
• Vice-Chair, Family Law Section, Tennessee Bar Association, 2004
• Chair, Family Law Section, Tennessee Bar Association, 2005
• Vice-Chair, Family Law Section, Tennessee Bar Association, 2010
• Chair, Family Law Section, Tennessee Bar Association, 2011
• Chair, Family Law Section, Chattanooga Bar Association, 2012
• Tennessee Bar Association Family Law Section Executive Committee, 2012
• Hearing Officer, Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility, 2012
• Immediate Past Chair, Family Law Section, Tennessee Bar Association, 2012

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Chattanooga Bar Association Fee Arbitration Committee
• Pro Bono or Reduced Rate Mediation Services provided to low income individuals
• Tennessee Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission Pro Se Forms Subcommittee, 2010
• Sunday School Teacher and Co-Supervisor of Student Teaching Program, 2011
• Pro Bono Firm of the Year Award to McWilliams & Gold, chosen by Legal Aid of East Tennessee as the local law firm "which has demonstrated outstanding commitment to access to justice", 2011
• CJCRS 2010 Volunteer of the Year for Teaching and Co-Advising Student Teacher Program, 2011
• Tennessee Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission Pro Se Parenting Plan Form Subcommittee, 2011
• SAFE HAVENS Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange Advisory Committee, a 3 year project administered by the federal Office on Violence Against Women; provides a grant to Hamilton County, Tennessee to support the supervised visitation and safe exchange of children in situations involving domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, 2012
• Tennessee Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission Pro Se Parenting Plan Form Subcommittee, 2012

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Frequent Lecturer on Family Law and related topics before a variety of professional groups and organizations, such as the Chattanooga Bar Association, National Business Institute, Tennessee Bar Association, and for Private Dispute Resolution Services mediation training
• Author/Lecturer on December 8, 2010 regarding ethical considerations in Tennessee divorce/family law cases, with emphasis on Tennessee's 2011 Rules of Professional Conduct, Conflicts of Interest, Attorney Fees, and Confidentiality and Disclosure Issues; Lecturer on December 8, 2010 on problems associated with failure to properly manage personal affairs after a divorce, with emphasis on post-divorce parenting arrangements, review of estate plans and named beneficiaries, inheritance and non-marital property, use of qualified financial advisors, Author/Lecturer, Preventing Critical Financial Mistakes During Divorces, National Business Institute, 2010
• December 7, 2010 lecture/training for prospective Tennessee family law mediators about Tennessee family law pertinent to mediation, Lecturer, Family Mediation Law, Private Dispute Resolution Services, 2010
• Authored and presented seminar on November 17, 2010 to attorneys and legal professionals, outlining and discussing the January 1, 2011 revisions to the Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct, Speaker & Author, Recent Updates on the Rules of Ethics, Chattanooga Bar Association, 2010
• Lecturer/presenter to attorneys and legal professionals, December 2, 2011, M. Lee Smith 6th Annual Family Law Conference for Tennessee Practitioners, Nashville, Tennessee; How to Maximize Your Client’s Recovery When they Cohabit and Separate, 2011
• Lecturer/presenter to attorneys and legal professionals, June 23, 2011 Family Law Forum: Top 10 Family Lawyer Do's and Don'ts, sponsored by the Tennessee Bar Association's Family Law Section, 2011
• Lecturer/presenter to attorneys and legal professionals, November 2012 Family Law Forum in Nashville, Tennessee sponsored by the Tennessee Bar Association's Family Law Section, 2012