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 Professional
- Member, Crone & Mason, plc
- Rule 31 Listed Mediator
- Tennessee Bar Journal, Editorial Board
- Former Chair, Tennessee Bar Association Family Law Section
- Former Certified Public Accountant
- Member, Tennessee Bar Association Family Law Code Commission (acts as liaison to the Tennessee Legislature regarding additions and amendments to Tennessee family law)
- Tennessee Bar Association Family Law Section, Member and Former Chair
- Memphis Bar Association, Member Family Law Section
- American Bar Association, Member Intellectual Property and Family Law Sections
- St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Guild
Recent Publications, Seminars, and Public Speaking
- Co-presenter, with Randall Kessler, Esq., Atlanta, Ga.; Barry Gold, Esq., Chattanooga, Tenn.; Robert Vance, CPA, Memphis, Tenn.; Rebecca Caperton, Ph.D. “Family Law Practice Management + Preparing Your Forensic Psychologist and Accountant Experts,” sponsored by the Tennessee Bar Association Family Law Section (Dec. 17, 2002 - Knoxville, Tenn.; Dec. 18, 2002 - Nashville, Tenn.; Dec. 19, 2002 - Memphis, Tenn.)
- Presenter, Memphis Bar Association sponsored seminar “Seeking Modification of Alimony Due to Retirement,” Aug. 20, 2002.
- Panelist, Impact television news program, ABC-24 and UPN 30, with Judge Karen R. Williams, discussing new parenting plan law, Dec. 15, 2001; and, with James Strickland, discussing Catholic Church and priest controversy, Apr. 27, 2002.
- Quoted in Lawyers Weekly USA, “The Long Arm of an Ex,” Nov. 12, 2001, by Dianna Digges.
- Co-presenter, with Shannon P. Pratt and Z. Christopher Mercer, “Business Valuation Seminar,” sponsored by the Tennessee Bar Association Family Law Section (Sept. 27, 2001 - Nashville, Tenn.; Sept. 28, 2001 - Memphis, Tenn.; Oct. 4. 2001 - Chattanooga, Tenn.; Oct. 5, 2001 - Knoxville, Tenn).
- Editor, T.B.A. Family Law Section’s quarterly newsletter, Family Practice, 2000-02.
- Presenter, Memphis Bar Association sponsored seminar “Evidence & Discovery for Calculation of Child Support for Self-Employed Obligors,” Sept., 2000.
- State Reporter for Tennessee, American Bar Association Family Law Section, Family Law Quarterly, “Family Law in the Fifty States,” 1998-99.
- Presenter, Memphis Bar Association sponsored “Estate Planning Series” Topic: “Estate Planning and Divorce,” Oct. 1999.
- Presenter, Tax Watch, Memphis, Tennessee “Tax and Estate Planning in Divorce,” Mar. 1999.
- Presenter, Memphis Bar Association sponsored seminar “Procedural Basics of a Simple Divorce,” Feb. 1999.
- Acknowledged in New Families, New Finances by Emily W. Card and Christie Watts Kelly, published nationally by John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
- Presenter, Memphis Bar Association sponsored seminar “Evidence and Calculation of Child Support for Self-Employed Obligors,” Apr. 1998.
- Presenter, University of Memphis Law School, Pre-trial Practice Course, Planning for Appeal in Motion Practice, Apr. 1996; Trial Advocacy Course, Closing Statements, Nov. 1997; Trial Advocacy Course, Cross Examination, Oct. 1998.
- Mike Fleming Radio Show, Ask the Lawyers Program, answering legal questions from the listening audience, WREC-600, 1996-current.
- Acknowledged and quoted in The Single Parents Money Guide by Emily Card and Christie Watts Kelly, published nationally by Macmillan, 1996.
- Interviewee, WREG Channel 3's News First television program, discussing child support collection, 1995.
Personal & Community
- Along with wife Sharon, parent to three children
- The National Conference for Community and Justice, Regional Board of Directors (1996-current) and Vice-Chair (current)
- Christian Brothers High School Alumni Association, Board of Directors
- Marguerite Piazza St. Jude Gala, Board Committee
- St. Louis Church Men’s Club, Member
- Op-Act, Inc., Board of Directors and Vice President (United Way agency providing special day-care needs for at-risk school-age children in north Memphis area), 1994-97
- Partners Program, M.B.A. Family Law Section, 1996-97, 2002 (taught classes at local high schools about marriage and family law)
- Alabama Alumni Association, Memphis Chapter, Member
- Tide Pride, Member
Admissions
- Supreme Court of Tennessee
- U. S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
- Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Education
- Adjunct Professor, Business Law, Christian Brothers University, 1998-99
- A.B.A. Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute, Houston, Texas
- Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Memphis State University (J.D.), Recipient, Cecil C. Humphreys Fellowship, Memphis State University Law Review
- University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama (B.S., Accounting). Beta Alpha Psi, Accounting Honorary
- Christian Brothers High School, Memphis, Tennessee
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