Bar Fellowship
of the Roscoe Pound Institute.
Leadership Honoraries
Omicron Delta Kappa
Pi Tau Sigma
Phi Alpha Delta, President, 1982-1983
Bench and Bar
Mortar Board
Farrah Law Society, Vice President, 182-1983
Al Sansone Service Award by the Alabama Trial Lawyers Association
Memberships
Alabama State Bar Association
Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association
American Bar Association
Alabama Trial Lawyers Association,
- Board of Governors, 1987-1988
- Executive Committee, 1988-2010
- Chairman, Speakers' Bureau Committee, 1992-1996
- Chairman, Public Relations Committee, 1989-1991
- Chairman, Local Chapters Committee, 1988-1989; 1999-2000
American Association of Justice
Alabama Association of Justice
National Trial Lawyers
Melvin M. Belli Society, Supporting Member
Roscoe Pound Institute, Supporting Fellow
Lecturer and Author
Legal Considerations and the Head Injured, Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, 1988
Settlement Strategies: Plaintiff's Perspective, Alabama Bar Institute, 1988
Carry the Burden of Proof! Alabama Trial Lawyers Association Annual Seminar, 1989
Guest Lecturer at both University of Alabama and Cumberland Law Schools
ATLA Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group Seminar, New Orleans, 1995
Motivating Your Practice: The Courage to Persevere, Tennessee Trial Lawyers' Association, 1995
Philosophy of Tort Liability, Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, 1995
Motivating Your Practice: The Courage to Persevere, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New York City, New York, 1995
"Downing v. Bowater," Melvin Belli Society, with the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Montreal, 2001
Tort Liability, Hazard Information Foundation, Inc., Arizona, 2003
Tips, Techniques, Trends & TLC, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 2003
Motivating Your Practice: The Courage to Persevere, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 2003
DePuy Litigation Update: A Look at the State and Federal Claims - What Has Been Filed and the MDL, DePuy Hip Litigation Summit, Chicago, 2010
Discovery - Personal Injury 101, National Business Institute, Alabama 2010
Civil Justice System, Oakwood College, Alabama 2011
Advanced Personal Injury - Mastering Your Practice, National Business Institute, Alabama 2012
Analyzing and Establishing Tort Liability and Handling Experts, Alabama Association of Paralegals, 2013