Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Alpha Delta; Omicron Delta Kappa. Casenote and Comments Editor, Tennessee Law Review, 1970. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Awards in Evidence, Real Property and Contracts; C.J.S. Senior Law Student Award for Legal Scholarship; State Bar of Georgia Bench and Bar Committee Professionalism Award, 2003. Member, Georgia House of Representatives, 9th District, 1989-1993. Member, Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, 2003—. Member, 1986-1989 and Chairman, 1987-1988, Georgia Indigent Defense Council. Named: Georgia "Legal Elite" Lawyer, Georgia Trend Magazine, 2005; 2008 Indigent Defense Award, Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.