Education
Bachelor, Rhodes College, 1962; Juris Doctor, U. Tennessee, 1964.
Bachelor, Rhodes College, 1962; Juris Doctor, U. Tennessee, 1964.
Law clerk to Honorary Marion S. Boyd, United States District Court (western district) Tennessee, Nashville, 1965-1966; legislation assistant, Congressman Dan Kuykendall, 1967-1969; partner, Baily, Ewing, Dale & Conner, Nashville, 1969-1972; partner, Dearborn & Ewing, Nashville, 1972-1992; federal judge, United States District Court (middle district) Tennessee, Nashville, since 1992.
With United States Army, 1966. Colonel Tennessee Army National Guard, since 1969. Member American Bar Association, American Bar Foundation, American College Mortgage Attorneys, Federal Judges Association, Tennessee State-Federal Judicial Council, American Judicature Society (chair alternate dispute resolution committee United States District Court (middle district) Tennessee), Tennessee BarFound., Tennessee Bar Association, Nashville Bar Association, Nashville Bar Foundation, Harry Phillips American Inn of Court, Judicial Branch Committee Judicial Conference, Phi Delta Phi.