Juris Doctor, 1980 

• Attorney with the firm of Maynard Cooper & Gale, Birmingham
• President of the Alabama State Bar 2013-2014
• Former Alabama State Bar Commissioner
• Past Chair, American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section
• President of the Birmingham Bar Association 2007
• Member of Leadership Alabama and Leadership Birmingham
• Holds master’s degree from Howard University and bachelor’s from Vanderbilt University, where he played intercollegiate football