Named: "Legal Elite" in Georgia Trend Magazine, December 2009, 2013; Top 100 in Atlanta Magazine's "Superlawyers" edition, 2013, 2014; Atlanta Magazine's "Superlawyers" edition, 2012, 2013, and 2014; "Rising Star" in Atlanta Magazine's "SuperLawyers" edition, March 2009 and October 2006; Georgia Trend Magazine's 40 Under 40, October 2004. Member, Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism, 2006-2007. Trustee, Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Past President, Blue Ridge Circuit Bar Association (Two Term). Past Board Member, Cherokee County YMCA, 1997. Graduate of Leadership Cherokee. Former Member, Leadership Cherokee Steering Committee. Member, Bank of North Georgia Advisory Board. Executive Committee Member, 2005-2008 and President, Younger Lawyers Division, 2006-2007, State Bar of Georgia. Fellow: Georgia Bar Foundation (Past Board Member, 2006-2007); Lawyers Foundation of Georgia.