Bio
Honors
Martindale-Hubbell: AV Preeminent Lawyer Rating (1984 –present, 30+ years)
Best Lawyer in America -1983-2017 Editions –(Recognized for over 30 years) Labor and Employment
Chambers USA Leading Lawyers, 2003 –Present, Labor & Employment
Mid-South Super Lawyers – Employment & Labor, 2006- present
Mid-South Super Lawyers – Top 50 Lawyers in Arkansas, 2006-present
Men of Achievement
AY Magazine, Best Lawyers in Arkansas
HR Professionals Magazine, Top Attorney
Memphis Magazine, Best Lawyers in Arkansas
Who’s Who in South and Southwest
Affiliations
Arkansas Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission 2003-present, Commissioner
Arc of Arkansas Board of Directors (1998-2005)
American Employment Law Council, Charter member
Arkansas Bar Foundation, Fellow, Board of Directors
Arkansas Supreme Court Board of Legal Specialization, Chair, 1985–89
Pulaski County Bar Association
Arkansas Bar Association Chair, Labor Law Section, 1980–81; House of Delegates, 1979–82
American Bar Association Committee on Equal Employment Law, Labor Law Section, 1974–present
American Bar Association Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Law
Education
Southern Methodist University, Masters of Law, 1976
University of Arkansas, Juris Doctor, 1974
Admissions
Bar of the State of Arkansas (1974)
Bar of the State of Tennessee (1977)
United States Supreme Court (1974)
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (1978)
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (1978)
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1978)
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1982)
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1978)
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1980)
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1978)
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (1978)
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (2000)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (1974)
United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas (1978)
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (2003)
United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (1977)