Bar Membership: Georgia, 1997

Education:
Mercer University (B.B.A., 1994, summa cum laude);
Walter F. George Law School (J.D., 1997).
Member, Mercer Law Review (1996-1997).

Background:
Born Milledgeville, Georgia, October 3, 1974
Admitted to all Superior and Appellate Courts of Georgia; United States District Court for Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Georgia; Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Special Assistant Attorney General (by appointment) for Dept. of Corrections and Dept. of Transportation.

Memberships:
American Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Macon Bar Association; Exchange Club of Macon;
Highland Hills Baptist Church; Christian Legal Society.
Georgia Rising Star 2005, Law & Politics and Atlanta Magazine.

Practice Areas:
Commercial Litigation and Transactions;
Governmental Representation/Litigation;
Real Estate; Public/Municipal Finance;
Corporate and Business Representation/Litigation.

Legal Publications:
• In the Matter of Baby K: The Fourth Circuit Stretches EMTALA Even Further, 47 Mercer Law. R 1173 (1996);
• Brief History of Local Government and State Authorities Created for Economic Development Purposes, (1st Ed. 1998; 2d Ed. 2000)© Univ. of Georgia Office of Economic Development Assitance;
• Development Authority Board Member and Staff Training: Ethics, Liabilities, Open Meetings, Open Records, (2001- ) Univ. of Georgia Office of Economic Development Assistance.

Reported Cases:
Macon-Bibb County Hospital Authority v. Reece, 236 Ga.App. 669, 513 S.E.2d 243 (1999); Amos v. City of Butler, 242 Ga.App. 505, 529 S.E.2d 420 (2000); Saturna v. Bickley Construction Co., 252 Ga.App. 140, 555 S.E.2d 825 (2001); Middlebrooks v. Bibb County, 261 Ga. App. 382, 582 S.E.2d 539 (2003); Herndon v. Heard, 262 Ga. App. 334, 585 S.E.2d 637 (2003); Martinez v. Davita, Inc., 266 Ga. App. 723, 598 S.E.2d 334 (2004); Dixon Dairy Farms, Inc. v. Purina Mills, Inc., 267 Ga. App. 738, 601 S.E.2d 152 (2004).