Born Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Admitted to Bar: 1981, Arkansas 1986 Arizona
United States District Court, Arkansas, Eastern & Western Districts
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
United States Supreme Court
Education:
Broward Community College; University of Kentucky (B.A., 1977)
University of Arkansas (J.D., with honors, 1981). Associate Editor, Arkansas Law Review, 1981.
Law Clerk to G. Thomas Eisele, Chief U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Arkansas, 1981-1983
Member, Arkansas Law Review, 1979-1981.
Member:
Pulaski County, Arkansas, and American Bar Associations
(Member, Sections on Litigation and Tort and Insurance Practice)
State Bar of Arizona
Defense Research Institute (Member: Life, Health and Disability Committee)
American Board of Trial Advocates (Arkansas Chapter President - 2008)
William R. Overton Inn of Court
American College of Trial Lawyers
Best Lawyers in America - Personal Injury Litigation
Mid-South Super Lawyers - Insurance Coverage
Chambers USA Leading Business Lawyer (2007-2011) -Labor and Employee Benefits
Top 50 Attorneys - Arkansas - Super Lawyers