Position: Member

TEL: 479-582-4600

FAX: 

Email: Click Here

Website: 

Admitted: 1994, Arkansas; 1995, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court; 2002, U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Law School: Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., magna cum laude, 1994.

College: Liberty University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1991.

Birth Date and Place: Batesville, Arkansas, January 19, 1968.

Practice Areas: Civil Appeals; Federal Civil Practice; Civil Rights Law; Constitutional Law; Criminal Law; Employee Rights Law; Employment Discrimination Law; Employment Law; WARN Act; Civil Litigation; Federal Litigation; Trial Practice; Supreme Court Litigation; Person

Additional Information: Member of the Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas (Member, Appellate Practice Committee; Treasurer, 2001-2002 and Secretary, 2002-2003, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American Bar Associations; Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Amicus Curiae Committee). Phi Sigma Tau; Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1993-1994. Law Clerk to the Honorable Frank J. Magill, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1994-1995. Author: "The Language of Law, the Sociology of Science and the Troubles of Translation: Defining the Proper Role for Scientific Evidence of Causation," 74 NEB.L.R. 529 (1995); "Is There a Person in That Body?: An Argument for the Priority of Persons and the Need for a New Legal Paradigm," 82 GEO.L.J. 1643 (1994); "Appellate Review of Sentences," 81 GEO.L.J. 1545 (1993). Member, National Speleological Society. Perkins v. Grimes, 161 F.3d 1127 (8th cir. 1998); Willis v. State 334 Ark. 412 (1998); Grine v. University of Arkansas, 2 S.W.3d 54 (1999); United States v. Orozco-Rodriguez, 220 F.3d 940 (8th Cir. 2000); VanEsch v. State, 37 S.W.3d 196 (Ark. 2001); Colbert v. State, 55 S.W.3d 268 (Ark. 2001); (Okruhlik and) Schilcher v. University of Arkansas, 255 F.3d 615 (8th Cir. 2001).