Business and Commercial, Corporate and Business Litigation, Business Formation, Merger and Acquisition, Construction, Transaction, Insurance, Coverage & Bad Faith, Third Party & First Party, Extra Contractual, Subrogation, Premises Liability

Tennessee (2015)
Florida (1974)

Florida State University College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1974)
Florida State University (B.S., 1971)

Tennessee Trial and Appellate Courts
Tennessee Supreme Court
United States District Court, Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Tennessee
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Florida Trial and Appellate Courts
Florida Supreme Court
United States District Court, Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
United States Supreme Court

AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Law Specialist, 1993-2018
Florida Bar Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, Chair, 1995-1996
The William H. Stafford American Inn of Court, Founder, and Master of the Bench
Judicial Nominating Commission, Second Judicial Circuit of Florida, Former Member
Mid-South Super Lawyer 2006, 2008-2024, Top 100 Tennessee and Top 50 Nashville, 2019

Nashville Bar Association

Tennessee Bar Association
Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association
Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
International Association of Defense Counsel
Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, Premium Member

American Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
American Bar Association
Defense Research Institute
American Veterinary Medical Law Association
Florida Defense Lawyers Association
Tallahassee Bar Association