Born, 1943. Admitted to Mississippi Bar 1968; U.S. Court of Appeals, 1968; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, 1968; U.S. Supreme Court 1978; U.S. Court of International Trade 1995.

Education: University of Mississippi (B.P.A., 1965); University of Mississippi Law Center (J.D., 1968); various government-sponsored studies related to international matters.

Member: U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, D.C. and various overseas locations; House counsel and adjunct professor (contracts and corporations) at University of Maryland; Consulting Counsel to U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Intelligence; Associate General Counsel, Carling National Breweries; Associate General Counsel Stokely Van Camp, Inc.; Corporate Counsel and General Counsel, BellSouth Mobilecomm. Private practice in Mississippi since 1997.

Other: lectures annually to MBA and Law students of Asian University of Management & Technology (Thailand) and other Thai universities; counsel to Tourism Authority of Thailand (New York office)

Practice: concentrated in corporate and international commercial fields.