Education: * B.A. 1972 Rice University * J.D. 1975 University of Texas Experience: * 1975 – 1976: Clerk for Judge John F. Onion, Jr., of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals * 1976 – 1977: Clerk for Judge Charles Clark on the Fifth circuit Court of Appeals * 1977 – 1983: Associate at BRUNINI, GRANTHAM, GROWER AND HEWES, PLLC * 1983 – 1989: Partner at BRUNINI, GRANTHAM, GROWER AND HEWES, PLLC * 1989 – 1993: Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice * 1995 – 2006: Judge, Mississippi Court of Appeals * 2004 – 2006: Deputy and Staff Judge Advocate for the 155th Brigade Combat Team, Iraq * 1985 – 1989; 1998 – 2006: Adjunct Professor of Law, Mississippi College School of Law * 2007 – Present: Visiting Professor of Law, Mississ