Areas of Practice

• Business and Commercial Contracts and Transactions
• Business Litigation in State and Federal Courts
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• State and Federal Income Tax Controversies
• Criminal State and Federal Income Tax Disputes
• Sales and Use Tax Controversies
• Payroll Tax Controversies
• Commercial Leasing Real Estate
• Business Succession Planning

Litigation Percentage

• 30% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1981
• Georgia, 1970
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1974
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1981
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 1994
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1974

Education

• Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, 1989
  LL.M.
  
  
• Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, 1970
  J.D.
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  Honors: Bryan Honor Society
  Law Journal: Journal of Public Law, Author: Student Case Notes, 1969
  Law Review: Georgia State Bar Journal, Author: Student Case Notes, 1969
  
  
• Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1965
  A.B.
  
  

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Arbitration Regular, Injunctive Relief and Large and Complex Case Pools
  Public Member
  
  
• Lawyers Club of Atlanta
  
  
• Atlanta Tax Forum
  
  
• State Bar of Georgia
  
  
• The Florida Bar
  
  
• Cobb County Bar Association
  
  
• Old War Horse Lawyers Club
  
  

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Delta Phi
• Phi Delta Theta

Birth Information

• Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America