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Position: Born in Nashville, Tennessee, November 13, 1969;
admitted to bar, 1996, Georgia; Supreme Court of Georgia; Court of Appeals of Georgia; United States District Court, Northern, Middle
and Southern Districts of Georgia; United States Court of Appeals, Seventh
and Eleventh Circuits; and Supreme Court of the United States.
Education: Samford University (B.A., 1992); Mississippi
College School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996).
Member: William Augustus Bootle American Inn of Court (Barrister);
Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia (Appellate Practice Section); Eleventh Circuit Criminal Justice Act Appellate Panel; Public Defender Selection Panel, Macon Judicial Circuit (appointed by Governor Sonny Perdue, 2007); Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies (President, Macon Lawyers'
Division, 1997-2001, 2003--; President, Mississippi College School of Law Chapter, 1993-1996); Moot Court Board, 1994-1996; Legal Policy Advisor to Govenor Mike Huckabee's Presidential Campaign; Sigma Chi Fraternity (Pi Chapter); Phi Delta Phi; Saint Joseph Catholic Church (Lector); Saint Joseph Catholic School Board (Executive Committee Member); Nazareth Life Ministries (Board of Directors).
Professional Background:
Law Clerk to the Honorable Daniel A. Manion, United States Court
of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (2001-2003).
Honors and Awards Judge Robert G. Gillespie Outstanding Achievement in Appellate Advocacy Award (1993); American Jurisprudence Award, Appellate Advocacy (1993); American Jurisprudence Award, Alternative Dispute Resolution (1996).
Lecturer: "The role of the Federal Judiciary under the Constitution," One Columbus's E Pluribus Unum Series (panelist), 2007; "The Most Dangerous Branch," Federalist Society Law Student Chapters: Washington & Lee, University of South Carolina, and of Virginia 2007; University of Notre Dame, Samford University (Cumberland), and Mississippi College, 2006; "Life in the Blogosphere: Pajamaheddin or New Media?," Federalist Society of Montgomery, Alabama, 2005; "The Supreme Court and the Rule of Law," Macon Rotary Club, Bibb County Republican Women, and Walter F. George School of Law (Federalist Society), Mercer University, 2005; “Recent Supreme Court Developments," Walter F. George School of Law (Federalist Society), 2004; "Originalism in the Twenty-First Century," Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (Federalist Society), 2001; "Federalism after the States' Rights Cases of 1999," Walter F. George School of Law (Federalist Society), Mercer University, 1999.
Author: "Kenneth Starr," Great American Lawyers,
ABC-CLIO (2001); "Joseph Story," Great American Lawyers,
ABC-CLIO (2001); "Griffin Bell," Great American Judges,
ABC-CLIO (2003); "Antonin Scalia," Great American Judges,
ABC-CLIO (2003). "Encyclopedia
of Civil Liberties," M.E. Sharpe (five essays, 2005)
Practice Areas:
- Appellate Practice
- Complex Litigation
- Constitutional Law
- Telecommunications Law
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