Education:

• Columbia University School of Law
  New York, New York
  LL.M., May 1990

• Florida State University College of Law
  Tallahassee, Florida
  JD, May 1987
  Order of the Coif; Florida State University Law Review; Bailey Scholar

• University of South Florida
  Tampa, Florida
  BA, May 1984, English and American Literature
  

Areas of Expertise:

• Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence, Civil Rights, First Amendment
  

Professional Experience:

• Carlton, Fields
  Tampa, Florida, 1987-1989
  Litigation practice in state and federal trial and appellate courts.
  
• Constitutional Law, Evidence, Criminal Law, Admiralty, Supreme Court Roleplaying, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law Seminar, Externship Program, Appellate Advocacy, and First Amendment.
  
• Reporter, Mississippi Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules (since 1991)
  - Subcommittee on the Rules of Evidence
  - Subcommittee on the Rules of Appellate Procedure
  - Subcommittee on the Uniform Circuit and County Court Rules
  - Subcommittee on the Uniform Chancery Court Rules.
  
• Reporter, Mississippi Supreme Court Uniform Criminal Rules Study Committee (since 2005)
  
• Reporter, Mississippi Judicial Advisory Study Committee, Subcommittee on Criminal Code reform (Since 1994.
  
• Reporter, Mississippi Bar Commission on the Courts in the 21st Century (December 1992 to July 1993)
  

Publications:

• Foreword, Criminal Law Symposium, 19 MISS. C. L. REV 1 (issue 2) (1999).
  
• Constitutional Fidelity, 19 MISS. C. L. REV. 43 (1998).
  
• Foreword: A Hard Case and an Intractable Problem, 18 MISS. C. L. REV. 1 (1997).
  
• The Establishment Clause and the Lessons of Context, 26 RUTGERS L.J. 775 (1995).
  
• Negligence, Contract, and Architects' Liability for Economic Loss, 82 KY. L.J. 659 (1993).
  
• Foreword: Religious Participation in Public Debate, 14 MISS. C. L. REV. 1 (1993).
  
• Meeting Judicial Needs: An Intermediate Appellate Court for Mississippi, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SURVEY, V. 40, NO. 3 (Spring 1993) (with John D. Winkle III and Amy D. Whitten).
  
• Redefining the Modern Constraints of the Establishment Clause: Separable Principles of Equality, Subsidy, Endorsement, and Church Autonomy, 75 MARQ. L. REV. 903 (1992).
  
• A Report on CUNY's Experiment in Humanistic Legal Education: Adrift toward Mainstream, 59 UMKC L. REV. 155 (1991) (with Paulette Wunsch).
  
• Florida's Economic Loss Rule: A Critical Look at the Cases, 64 FLA. B.J. 19 (May 1990).
  
• Manufacturers' or Marketers' Liability for the Criminal Use of Saturday Night Specials: A New Common Law Approach--Kelley v. R.G. Industries, 497 A.2d 1143 (Md. 1985), 14 FLA. ST. U.L. REV. 151 (1986) (student note).
  
• MISSISSIPPI RULES ANNOTATED (The Mississippi Bar, 2002, 2000, 1998 and 1996) (Historical Notes and Annotations for the Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure).
  
• REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON THE COURTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY (Editor) (The Mississippi Bar, July 1, 1993) (a summary of this report appeared in the June/July 1993 issue of The Mississippi Lawyer) (republished at 14 MISS. C. L. REV. 511 (1994)).
  

Recent Presentations:

• Supreme Court Review / Preview; Mississippi Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Appellate Court Judges and Attorneys, May 2003, May 2004, May 2005.
• Summary of the Supreme Court's Term, Federal Bar Association, November 2004.
  
  

Memberships & Admissions:

• Member, Florida Bar
• Member, American Bar Association.
  
  

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