PATRICK E. LONGAN
MACON, GEORGIA 31207
478-***-**** (FAX)
abqjtg@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATION
University of Chicago Law School, J.D. 1983
University of Sussex, M.A. 1980 (The Theory of Economic Policy and Planning)
Washington University in St. Louis, A.B. (summa cum laude) 1979
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Full-time:
Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Georgia
William Augustus Bootle Chair in Ethics and Professionalism
in the Practice of Law, 2000-present
Director, Mercer Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism, 2000-present
Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, April 1, 2003-January 1, 2004
Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg, Florida
Professor of Law, 1997-2000
Director, Florida Institute for Litigation Ethics, 1996-1998
Associate Professor of Law, 1994-1997
Assistant Professor of Law, 1991-1994
Visiting positions:
Charleston School of Law, Charleston, South Carolina, Summer 2005
University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, Summers 1997-1999
Other:
Georgia State University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, Summers 2009-2010
John Marshall Law School, Atlanta, Georgia, Summers 2007-2008, 2010
Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, Instructor of Legal
Writing,1988-1991
Georgia Law School Consortium Program, Instructor, Summers 2004-2009
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OTHER LEGAL EMPLOYMENT
Andrews & Kurth, Dallas, Texas, Associate, 1985-1991
Johnson & Swanson, Dallas, Texas, Associate, 1984-1985
Senior United States District Judge Bernard M. Decker, United States District
Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Law Clerk, 1983-1984
PUBLICATIONS
Books
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY: QUESTIONS & ANSWERS, LexisNexis (1st ed.
2003) (2nd Edition 2007) (3rd ed. 2012)
Book Chapters
Professional Responsibility, chapter in OVERVIEW OF U.S. LAW, LexisNexis
(2009)
Ethics and Professionalism in Civil Depositions, chapter in LITIGATION ETHICS:
COURSE MATERIALS FOR CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION, American Bar
Association (2000)
Law Review Publications
Legal Ethics, Annual Survey of Georgia Law, 64 Mercer Law Review
(forthcoming 2012)
Introduction to a Conversation with The Honorable Harold G. Clarke, 19 Journal
of Southern Legal History 265 (2011)
Legal Ethics, Annual Survey of Georgia Law, 63 Mercer Law Review 217 (2011)
Legal Ethics, Annual Survey of Georgia Law, 62 Mercer Law Review 215 (2010)
Introduction to a Conversation with Frank C. Jones, 17 Journal of Southern Legal
History 151 (2009)
Legal Ethics, Annual Survey of Georgia Law, 61 Mercer Law Review 231 (2009)
Teaching Professionalism, 60 Mercer Law Review 659 (2009)
Ethics and Professionalism in the Digital Age: Foreword, 60 Mercer Law Review
845 (2009)
Legal Ethics, Annual Survey of Georgia Law, 60 Mercer Law Review 237 (2008)
Legal Ethics, Annual Survey of Georgia Law, 59 Mercer Law Review 253 (2007)
Legal Ethics, Annual Survey of Georgia Law, 58 Mercer Law Review 239 (2006)
Legal Ethics, Annual Survey of Georgia Law, 57 Mercer Law Review 273 (2005)
Judicial Professionalism in a New Era of Judicial Selection, 56 Mercer Law
Review 913 (2004)
Legal Ethics, Annual Survey of Georgia Law, 55 Mercer Law Review 329 (2003)
Lessons From Enron: A Symposium on Corporate Governance: Foreword, 54
Mercer Law Review 663 (2003)
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Legal Ethics, Annual Survey of Georgia Law, 54 Mercer Law Review 401 (2002)
Middle-Class Lawyering in the Age of Alzheimer s: The Lawyer s Duty in
Representing a Fiduciary, 70 Fordham Law Review 901 (2001)
Legal Ethics, Annual Survey of Georgia Law, 53 Mercer Law Review 379 (2001)
Professionalism on the Appellate Bench: The Life and Career of Justice George
Rose Smith of the Arkansas Supreme Court, 54 Arkansas Law Review 523 (2001)
Ethics in Settlement Negotiations: Foreword, 52 Mercer Law Review 807 (2001)
Elder Law Across the Curriculum: Professional Responsibility, 30 Stetson Law
Review 1413 (2001)
The Phantom Menace of the Lost Litigator: A Review Of Richard Zitrin and Carol
M. Langford, The Moral Compass of the American Lawyer, 30 Cumberland Law
Review 239 (2000)
Foreword to Litigation Ethics Symposium, 28 Stetson Law Review 247 (1998)
Congress, the Courts, and the Long Range Plan, 46 American University Law
Review 625 (1997)
The Law and Economics of Aging and the Aged (Book Review of Aging and Old
Age, by Richard A. Posner), 26 Stetson Law Review 667 (1996)
Civil Trial Reform and the Appearance of Fairness, 79 Marquette Law Review
295 (1995)
The Case for Jury Fees in Federal Civil Litigation, 74 Oregon Law Review 909
(1995)
Bureaucratic Justice Meets ADR: The Emerging Role for Magistrates as
Mediators, 73 Nebraska Law Review 712 (1994)
The Shot Clock Comes to Trial: Time Limits for Federal Civil Trials, 35 Arizona
Law Review 663 (1993)
DVD s and Videotapes
A Day in the Life of a Lawyer, Aspen Publishing (video series for courses in
Contracts, Torts, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, and Property) (Contracts module
published 2012) (with Sue Chesler and Karen Sneddon)
Living Traditions: Conversations with Leaders of the Georgia Bench and Bar,
(forthcoming 2013) (producer)
URAC v. Victor, A Program on Ethics and Professionalism for Lawyers and
Judges, DVD and Discussion Guide, Mercer Center for Legal Ethics and
Professionalism (2007)
Lessons in Professionalism: A Day in the Life of a Family Law Practitioner, DVD
(script and teacher s manual), Georgia Chief Justice s Commission on
Professionalism (2007)
A Call to Professionalism: Georgia s Judicial District Professionalism Program
in Action, DVD (script and teacher s manual), State Bar of Georgia (2006)
Ethics and Experts, DVD (script and teacher s manual), Mercer Center for Legal
Ethics and Professionalism (2002)
Ethics, Depositions, and Experts: The Case of Parker v. Truway, videotape (script
and discussion guide), American Bar Association Section of Litigation Pretrial
Practice and Discovery Committee (2000)
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How to Make the Most of Your Discovery Dollar: The Case of Johnson v.
Goodburger, videotape, American Bar Association Section of Litigation Pretrial
Practice and Discovery Committee (1998)
The Uses and Abuses of Experts: The Case of Oliver v. Phoenix Pharmaceuticals,
videotape and discussion guide, American Bar Association Section of Litigation
Pretrial Practice and Discovery Committee (1997)
Deposition Dilemmas: Three Real-Life Terrors and How to Avoid Them,
videotaped reenactments of depositions, American Bar Association Pretrial
Practice and Discovery Committee (1996)
Bar Association Reports
REPORT ON CONTINGENT FEES IN MASS TORT LITIGATION, American Bar
Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section Task Force on Contingent
Fees, 42 Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Law Journal 105 (2007) (contributing
author)
FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL
SERVICE, State Bar of Georgia (2006) (contributing author)
REPORT ON CONTINGENT FEES IN CLASS ACTION LITIGATION, American Bar
Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section Task Force on Contingent
Fees, 25 Review of Litigation 459 (2006) (contributing author)
PATHS TO JUSTICE: THE FUTURE OF JUDICIAL SELECTION IN GEORGIA, Report of
the Court Futures Committee of the State Bar of Georgia (2005) (contributing
author)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MULTIJURISDICTIONAL PRACTICE, State Bar of
Georgia (2002) (contributing author)
REPORT OF THE FEDERAL PROCEDURE COMMITTEE OF THE SECTION OF LITIGATION
ON THE CIVIL JUSTICE REFORM ACT AND THE 1993 DISCOVERY AMENDMENTS,
Pretrial Practice and Discovery Newsletter (American Bar Association) (May
1996) (with Ernie Getto and William Hangley)
Other
Mercer Law School s Focus on Professionalism,2 Bloomberg Law Reports
(Student Edition) 13, January 31, 2011.
Question of the Week: Accepting Court Appointments to Represent a Person,
Corporate Counsel Weekly January 27, 2010, at 27
Living Traditions: Teaching Professionalism Through the Lives of Georgia
Lawyers and Judges, February 2010 Georgia Bar Journal 64
Professionalism Defined, Newsletter of the New Mexico Defense Lawyers
Association (2008)
Mercer Course Provides First Year-Students Chance to Reflect on
Professionalism, 3 PROfile, The Chronicle of Lawyer Professionalism,
Spring/Summer 2007
Sounding Off on Multijurisdictional Practice, February 2002 Georgia Bar Journal
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Symposium Examines Ethics in Settlement Negotiations, June 2001 Georgia Bar
Journal 32
Proposed Discovery Reforms for Federal Litigation, Pretrial Practice and
Discovery Committee Newsletter, American Bar Association (Summer 1999)
Discovery Under the Federal Rules: A Beginner s Guide, Program Materials for
ABA Litigation Section Annual Meeting (1998)
Time Limits for Depositions, Pretrial Practice and Discovery Committee
Newsletter, American Bar Association (1998)
Ethics and Experts, Pretrial Practice and Discovery Committee Newsletter,
American Bar Association (1998)
The Republican Congress and Direct Reform of Federal Civil Procedure, Pretrial
Practice and Discovery Committee Newsletter, American Bar Association (1996)
The Budget Crisis and the Courts, 43 The Federal Lawyer 26 (1996)
COURSES TAUGHT
Legal Profession
Judicial Field Placement
Law of Lawyering
Professional Responsibility
Law and Economics
Criminal Law
Ethics in Federal Criminal Practice
Introduction to Counseling
Civil Procedure
Litigation Ethics and Professionalism Seminar
Complex Litigation
Interviewing, Counseling and Negotiation
Negotiation Skills
Pretrial Practice
Federal Civil Trial Procedure
HONORS AND AWARDS
First Place, National Award for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching
Professionalism, awarded by the American Bar Association Standing Committee
on Professionalism, the Conference of Chief Justices, and the Burge Endowment
for Legal Ethics (2005)
Gerald R. Ford Foundation Travel Grant (2002)
Outstanding Subcommittee Chair for the Pretrial Practice and Discovery
Committee of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association
(1998-1999)
Voted by students as The Best Conveyor of Ideas (1997)
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Voted by students as The Professor Most Effective in Helping Students Learn
(1996)
Homer and Dolly Hand Award for Excellence in Faculty Research (1995)
Stetson University Excellence in Teaching Award (1994)
Rotary Foundation Fellowship (1979-1980)
EXPERT WITNESS EXPERIENCE
Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, P.C. v. Teledyne Technologies, Inc.
et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (reports
and deposition) (2012)
Chemence Medical Products, Inc. v. Quinn, United States District Court for the
Northern District of Georgia (affidavit) (2012)
Isaacs v. Whelchel & Carlton LLP et al., Superior Court, Colquitt County,
Georgia (affidavit and deposition) (2012)
Fort Benning Family Communities, LLC et al. v. American Management Services
East LLC et al., Superior Court, Muscogee County, Georgia (affidavit) (2011)
Syrstad v. Shepler s, Inc. et al., 298th Judicial District Court, Dallas, County,
Texas (deposition) (2011)
Hollowell v. Donsbach, State Court of Columbia County, Georgia (affidavit)
(2011)
Vereen v. Lowe s Home Centers, Inc., Superior Court, Muscogee County,
Georgia (affidavit) (2011)
Moore v. Marx, private fee arbitration (affidavit) (2011)
Watkins v. Capital City Bank, et al., United States District Court for the Southern
District of Georgia (report and supplemental report) (2011)
Costa & Grissom Machinery Co., Inc. et al. v. Yoss LLP, et al., Superior Court,
Fulton County, Georgia (affidavit) (2011)
State v. LeKemper, Superior Court of Newton County, Georgia (affidavit and
testimony at hearing on motion to withdraw) (2011)
Buckner v. Resource Life, Superior Court, Muscogee County, Georgia (affidavit)
(2010)
Parker v. Life Investors, Superior Court, Muscogee County, Georgia (affidavit)
(2010)
American Federal Bank of St. Paul v. Mercantile Bank, United States District
Court for the District of Minnesota (report and deposition) (2010)
Carvalho v. Martin, fee arbitration (affidavit and hearing testimony) (2010)
Pace v. Lowendick, Superior Court, Fulton County, Georgia (affidavit) (2010)
Webster v. Anderson, State Court, Bibb County, Georgia (affidavit) (2010)
Carb v. Royal & Vaughn, State Court, Chatham County, Georgia (affidavit)
(2009)
Columbus, Georgia v. Orbitz, Superior Court, Muscogee County, Georgia
(affidavit) (2009)
Whiteside v. Decker Hallman, Superior Court, Fulton County, Georgia (affidavit)
(2009)
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Perkins v. American National Insurance Company, United States District Court
for the Middle District of Georgia (affidavit) (2009)
Columbus, Georgia v. Expedia, Superior Court, Muscogee County, Georgia
(affidavits) (2009)
Pierce v. Universal Life Underwriters Insurance Company, Superior Court,
Muscogee County, Georgia (affidavit) (2008)
Toole v. JMIC, Superior Court, Muscogee County, Georgia (affidavit and
testimony at fairness hearing) (2008)
Green-Angus v. Angus, Superior Court, Henry County, Georgia (affidavit) (2008)
In Re Estate of James Brown, Court of Common Pleas, Aiken County, South
Carolina (affidavit) (2008)
Mellon Ventures v. Alston & Bird, Superior Court, Fulton County, Georgia (two
depositions) (2007-2009)
Whiteside v. Infinity Insurance, United States District Court for the Middle
District of Georgia, Columbus, Georgia (expert report and deposition) (2007-
2008)
Harris v. Monster s Inc., State Court, Clayton County, Georgia (affidavit and
hearing testimony) (2007)
Terrace Mortgage v. Harrison, State Court, Bibb County, Georgia (deposition)
(2007)
In Re Freedman, In Re Sinowski, State Bar of Georgia Disciplinary Proceedings
(affidavit and testimony at special master hearing) (2007-2010))
Cooper v. Pacific Life, United States District Court for the Southern District of
Georgia (affidavit) (2007)
SANUWAVE v. TRT, Superior Court, Cobb County, Georgia (affidavit) (2007)
Smith v. Palmer, Superior Court, Gwinnett County, Georgia (jury trial testimony
and two depositions) (2007)
Arevalo v. Terry, Superior Court, Butts County, Georgia (bench trial testimony)
(2006)
Farm Fresh Catfish v. Farm Fresh Producers, Circuit Court, Pulaski County,
Arkansas (deposition) (2006)
Ozark Bottling Co. v. Coca-Cola, United States District Court for the Northern
District of Georgia (affidavit) (2006)
Atlanta Casualty v. Page Scrantom, Circuit Court, Muscogee County, Georgia
(jury trial testimony and deposition) (2005-2006)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member, State Bar of Georgia Disciplinary Rules and Procedures Committee
Lecturer for Kaplan PMBR, 2009-present; subject: Georgia law of professional
responsibility, Georgia civil procedure, federal civil procedure, Ohio legal ethics,
and Michigan professional responsibility
Board of Advisors, National Institute for Teaching Ethics and Professionalism
(2005-present)
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Consultant on judicial compensation (2008-2009, 2012 present) State Bar of
Georgia
Special Master (appointed by Supreme Court of Georgia), In Re Glenn, Case No.
S12B1476 (Supreme Court of Georgia 2012)
Special Master (appointed by Supreme Court of Georgia), recommendation
approved, In Re Evans, Case No. SO701395 (Supreme Court of Georgia 2007)
Co-reporter, Task Force on Contingent Fees, American Bar Association Tort Trial
and Insurance Practice Section (2003-2006)
Member, State Bar of Georgia Formal Advisory Opinion Board (2005-present)
Member, State Bar of Georgia Foundations of Freedom Commission (2005-2006)
Reporter, State Bar of Georgia Commission on Judicial Service (2006-2007)
Reporter, State Bar of Georgia Court Futures Committee (2003-2005)
Member (ex officio), State Bar of Georgia Standards of the Profession Committee
(2003-present)
Member, Georgia Chief Justice s Commission on Professionalism (2000-present)
Reporter, State Bar of Georgia Committee on Multijurisdictional Practice
(2001-2003)
Advisor, State Bar of Georgia Committee on Professionalism (2000-present)
Master and Administrator, William Augustus Bootle Inn of Court, Macon,
Georgia (2000-present)
American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Co-chair, Consumer and
Personal Rights Litigation Committee (2001-2004)
American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Pretrial Practice and Discovery
Committee, Co-chair, Subcommittee on Programming (1995-2001)
American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Trial Practice Committee, Co-
chair, Subcommittee on Programming (2000-2002)
American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Federal Procedure Committee,
Chair of Civil Justice Reform Act and Discovery Amendments Project
(1993-1995)
Master, Justice William Glenn Terrell Inn of Court, Tampa, Florida (1997-1998,
1999-2000)
Public Arbitrator, Public Arbitrator, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
(FINRA, formerly NASD)1985-1990, 1996-2000, 2004-present
PRESENTATIONS, LECTURES, AND SPEECHES (since 2008)
Defining and Enforcing the Federal Prosecutor s Duty to Disclose Exculpatory
Evidence, 13th Annual Georgia Symposium on Professionalism and Ethics,
Macon, Georgia (October 2012) (program co-chair)
Ethics for Law Assistants and Judicial Staff Attorneys, Atlanta, Georgia,
Atlanta Bar Association (September 2012)
Ethics and Elder Law, Southeastern Association of Law Schools, Amelia
Island, Florida (discussant) (August 2012)
Beginning Lawyers Program, Georgia Institute for Continuing Legal Education,
Atlanta, Georgia (February 2012) (program co-chair)
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Acting for Your Client, (moderator) Beginning Lawyers Program, Atlanta,
Georgia (February 2012)
Update on Legal Ethics and Professionalism, Georgia Trial Lawyers
Association CLE, Macon, Georgia (February 2012)
Teaching About Bar Discipline in a Required First-Year Course, National
Institute for Teaching Ethics and Professionalism, Palmetto, Georgia (November
2011)
Further Reflections on Teaching Professionalism, Mercer Law School Board of
Visitors, Macon, Georgia (September 2011)
Update on Legal Ethics, Georgia Law of Torts Seminar, Macon, Georgia
(September 2011)
Community Development Lawyering Clinics, Southeastern Association of Law
Schools, Hilton Head, South Carolina (moderator) (August 2011)
Federal Civil Procedure, Kaplan Bar Review Lecture (New York, Chicago,
Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Denver, Detroit) (2011-2012)
Georgia Civil Procedure, Kaplan Bar Review Lecture (2010-2011)
Georgia Legal Ethics, Kaplan Bar Review Lecture (2010-2011)
Ohio Legal Ethics, Kaplan Bar Review Lecture (2011)
Michigan Legal Ethics, Kaplan Bar Review Lecture (2012)
New York Legal Ethics, Kaplan Bar Review Lecture (2011)
A Day in the Life of a Transactional Lawyer: Teaching Knowledge, Skills and
Values in Context, Institute for Law Teaching, New York, New York (June
2011)
A Short History of Modern Professionalism and Justice Harold G. Clarke,
Georgia Legal History Foundation CLE, Macon, Georgia (April 2011)
Conflicts of Interest, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York (April 2011)
Professionalism Applied: Beyond Preaching and Platitudes, Metro City and
County Attorneys CLE, Atlanta, Georgia (March 2011)
Beginning Lawyers Program, Georgia Institute for Continuing Legal Education,
Atlanta, Georgia (February 2011) (program co-chair)
Acting for Your Client, (moderator) Beginning Lawyers Program, Georgia
Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Atlanta, Georgia (February 2011)
Ethics, Professionalism and Law Firm Marketing: From Bates to Tweets and Pit
Bulls, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Workshop, Macon, Georgia (February
2011)
Professionalism Applied: Beyond Preaching and Platitudes, Georgia School
Board Association, Atlanta, Georgia (December 2010)
A Tribute to Justice Harold G. Clarke, Chief Justice s Commission on
Professionalism Convocation on Professionalism, Atlanta, Georgia (November
2010)
Beginning Lawyers Program, Georgia Institute for Continuing Legal Education,
Atlanta, Georgia (February 2010) (program co-chair)
Acting for Your Client, (moderator) Beginning Lawyers Program, Georgia
Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Atlanta, Georgia (February 2010)
Workshop on Practical Wisdom, (moderator), Mercer University Phronesis
Project, Macon, Georgia (November 2009)
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Beginning Lawyers Program, Georgia Institute for Continuing Legal Education,
Atlanta, Georgia (October 2009) (program co-chair)
Acting for Your Client, (moderator) Beginning Lawyers Program, Georgia
Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Atlanta, Georgia (October 2009)
Living Traditions: Using Oral Histories and Biographies to Teach Ethics and
Professionalism, Forsyth Rotary Club, Forsyth, Georgia (October 2009)
Innovation in the First Year Curriculum: Mercer s Experience Teaching
Professionalism, Southeastern Association of Law Schools, Palm Beach, Florida
(August 2009)
Professionalism in Action, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association CLE, Macon,
Georgia (February 2009)
Regulation of Judicial Speech and Association, Georgia Institute for Continuing
Judicial Education, Athens, Georgia (January 2009)
Ethics and Professionalism in the Digital Age, (moderator and co-program
chair), 2008 Georgia Symposium on Ethics and Professionalism, Macon, Georgia
(November 2008)
Workshop on Practical Wisdom, (discussant), Mercer University
Professionalism Across the Professions Project, Macon, Georgia (October 2008)
Professionalism in Civil Litigation, New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association,
Albuquerque, New Mexico (October 2008)
Beginning Lawyers Program, Georgia Institute for Continuing Legal Education,
Atlanta, Georgia (October 2008) (program co-chair)
Acting for Your Client, (moderator) Beginning Lawyers Program, Georgia
Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Atlanta, Georgia (October 2008)
Legal Ethics and Malpractice, Georgia Institute for Continuing Legal
Education, Macon, Georgia (September 2008)
Professionalism In and Out of the Classroom, Conference on Legal Education
at the Crossroads, University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, Washington
(with Tim Floyd) (September 2008)
Can We Teach Professionalism? Southeastern Association of Law Schools,
Palm Beach, Florida (July 2008)
Teaching by the Problem Method, Overview Regarding the Teaching of
Professional Responsibility, Mexican Curricular Reform Project, Southeastern
Association of Law Schools, Palm Beach, Florida (July 2008)
Eradicating Common Professionalism Problems in Litigation, State Bar of
Georgia Young Lawyers Division CLE, Atlanta, Georgia (March 2008)
Teaching Professionalism in the First Year Curriculum, Mercer University
Black Law Student Association Reunion Program, Macon, Georgia (February
2008)
Professionalism and Ethics: Some Illustrative Examples, Mercer University and
Macon Bar Association CLE (February 2008)
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CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE (since 2000)
Member, Dean Search Committee, Mercer University Law School, 2009-2010
Chair, Mercer University Law School Curriculum Committee, 2007-2008, 2012-
2013; member, 2008-2011
Chair and member, various retention and tenure committees, Mercer University
Law School, 2001-present
Member, Mercer University Assessment Council, 2003-2008, 2012-present
Member, Mercer University Law Dean Search Committee, 2002-2004
Member, Mercer University Law Faculty Appointments Committee, 2011-2012,
2001-2003 (chair 2001-2002)
Member, Mercer University Law School SACS Accreditation Committee, 2001-
2005
CURRENT BAR ADMISSIONS
State Bar of Georgia (2004)
State Bar of Texas (1983)
Supreme Court of the United States (1987)
Supreme Court of Georgia (2009)
Court of Appeals of Georgia (2009)
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (1985)
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