Education:

• New York University , LL.M. (Corporation Law) 1980.
• University of Mississippi , J.D. with Honors 1979. Mississippi Law Journal
• University of Mississippi , B.B.A., in Banking and Finance, with Distinction 1976.

Areas of Expertise :

• Business Associations
• Securities Regulation
• Business Planning
• Administrative Law
• Agency
• Accounting
• Professional Responsibility
• Commercial Paper and Banking
  

Professional Experience:

• Mississippi College School of Law,
          Professor of Law, 1988-present.
         Associate Professor of Law, 1985-1988.
         Assistant Professor of Law, 1983-1985
         Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, 1982-1983. |
  

• Seattle University School of Law
          Visiting Professor of Law, Spring Semester 2002
  
• University of Alabama School of Law
          Visiting Professor of Law, Spring Semester 1991.
  
• Securities and Corporate Law Consultant to Magruder, Montgomery, Brocato and Hoseman for Magna Corporation sale of assets. Supervised negotiation and preparation of sale contract and preparation of proxy statement and other documents for filing with the Securities and Ex­change Commission. January - August 1985.

• Associate, Stennett, Wilkinson and Ward, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, Jackson, Mis­sissippi, 1980-1982. Practice primarily related to corporate and banking matters.

• Staff Attorney, Mississippi Judicial College, University, Mississippi , 1979. Supervised and coordinated research and programs for state circuit and chancery court judges.
  

Teaching Assignments:

• Business Associations
• Securities Regulation
• Business Planning
• Administrative Law
• Agency
• Accounting
• Professional Responsibility
• Commercial Paper and Banking

pUBLICATIONS:

• Of Equity, Dissolution and the De Facto Merger Doctrine: Reflections on Mississippi Law and Successor Liability , 20 Miss. Coll. L. Rev. 307 (2000).

• The Effect of Tax Liabilities on Fair Value of Stock in the Appraisal Rights Context,6 DePaul Bus. L. J. 77 (1993).

• The Pound Seizure Controversy: A Compromise in the Use of Impounded Animals for Re­search and Education, 11 J. Energy, Nat. Resources & Envtl. L. 241 (1991).

• Business Law Reform for 1988, 34 Miss. Law. 26 (November-December 1987).

• A New Literalism? Rejection of the Sale of Business Doctrine, 30 St. Louis U. L.J. 427 (1986).

• Mississippi Business Corporation Law: A Proposal for Progress, 6 Miss. Coll. L. Rev. 1 (1985).

• Comment, Mississippi Supreme Court Review: Criminal Law and Evidence, 49 Miss. L. J. 344 (1978). ( co-authored)

• Member, Mississippi Business Law Advisory group which drafted complete revision of the Mississippi Business Corporation Law, the Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Law, and the Mis­sissippi Limited Partnership Law: and significant amendments to the Mississippi Securities Act and the Mississippi Tender Offer Law in 1986 and 1987. The group recently completed the Mis­sissippi Limited Liability Company Act and Limited Liability Partnership provisions and con­tinues to draft legislation to update earlier projects and revise outdated business law provisions in Mississippi . June 1985-present.
  

mEMBERSHIPS:

• Member, Mississippi Business Law Advisory group which drafted complete revision of the Mississippi Business Corporation Law, the Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Law, and the Mis­sissippi Limited Partnership Law: and significant amendments to the Mississippi Securities Act and the Mississippi Tender Offer Law in 1986 and 1987. The group recently completed the Mis­sissippi Limited Liability Company Act and Limited Liability Partnership provisions and con­tinues to draft legislation to update earlier projects and revise outdated business law provisions in Mississippi . June 1985-present.

Professional Activities:

• American Bar Association
• Business Law Section
• Section on Legal Education
• Mississippi Bar Association,
• Business Law Section, Chair (1995-96)
• Young Lawyers Board of Directors 1983-87
• Hinds County Bar Association
• Mississippi Women Lawyers Association