Washington & Lee University, B.A., magna cum laude, honors with exceptional distinction in English

Harvard University, J.D., cum laude

Editor, Harvard Law Review; Phi Beta Kappa

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Finalist, Trial Lawyer of the Year Award (Trial Lawyers for Public Justice)

President and Member, Board of Directors, Georgia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts; Atlanta Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section); American Bar Association (Member, Business and Litigation Sections, Commercial and Banking Litigation and Business Tort Litigation Committees); State Bar of Georgia (Member: Antitrust; Corporate and Banking; General Practice and Trial Sections, State Disciplinary Board Review Panel, 1994-1996); Lawyers Club of Atlanta (Chairman, Rules, Judiciary and Practice Committee, 1983-1984, Treasurer, Executive Committee, 1985-1986)

Highest ranked Commercial Litigator, Chambers & Partners, U.S.A.

Selected since inception as a member of Georgia’s “Legal Elite”;

Named one of the 500 Leading Litigators in America

Listed in the Best Lawyers in America Guide; “Top 100” Georgia “Superlawyers”

Assigned Martindale Hubbell’s highest “AV” rating