Honors and Awards: "Best of the Bar," Nashville Business Journal (2003, 2005-2009); "150 Best Lawyers in Tennessee," Business Tennessee (206-2009); Mid-South Super Lawyer, Law & Politics, 2006- 2009.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings: "Introduction to Class Action and Multi-District Litigation," Tennessee Bar Association (July 2009); "Advanced Federal Court Practice," Nashville Bar Association (March 2009); Guest Speaker, "Law, Medicine and Sociey," Vanderbilt University (March 2009); "Medical Malpractice Cases, " Tennessee Association for Justice (Oct. - Dec. 2008); "Update on Civil Procedure and Ethics," Tennessee Association for Justice (Oct.-Dec. 2007); "Auto Defect Cases," Kentucky Justice Association (Sept. 2007); “Civil Procedure and Evidence Update,” Tennessee Trial Lawyers (Oct. and Nov. 2006); “Pre-Trial Skills: Thinking on Your Feet,” National Business Institute (Nov. 2006), “Trial Practice Institute,” Nashville Bar Association (Sept. 2005); “State Law Class Actions,” American Bar Association, Business Law Section (April 2005); "Power Windows Can Kill," Trial (April 2005); “Auto Defect Cases,” Tennessee Trial Lawyers (Feb. 2005); "Knocking Out Opposing Experts," Tennessee Trial Lawyers (October and November, 2004), Nashville Bar Association (July, 2004); "Trial Practice Tips: Powerful Trial Strategies for the Absolute Litigator," Nashville Bar Association (April, 2004); "Limiting the Harmful Testimony of Experts on the Law," Trial (Jan. 2001); "Letting Focus Groups Work for You," Trial (April 1999); "Damages," Tennessee Trial Lawyers (Oct. and Nov. 2003); "Trying the Wrongful Death Case in Tennessee," National Business Institute (Aug. 2003); "Advanced Personal Injury," National Business Institute (July 2003); "Mass Torts," Tennessee Bar Association (July 2002); "Superior Depositions Strategies in Civil Trial Practice," National Business Institute (Jan. 2002, Dec. 1999); "Lawsuits Against the Nursing Home Industry," Tennessee Trial Lawyers (Feb. 2000); "How to Prepare for Mediation and other Practice Tips," Nashville Bar Association (Oct. 2000); "Tennessee Expert Witness," Lorman Education Services (July 2000); "Using Focus Groups to Get the Settlement or Verdict Your Client Deserves," Tennessee Trial Lawyers (Feb. 1999).