Born Morgantown, West Virginia, July 29, 1967

USMC, G Co. 2 Bn. 6th Marines & G Co. 2 Bn. 8th Marines, 1985-1989 (0311 & 0341)

Auburn University, BS, 1993
University of Alabama, JD, 1997

Assistant Public Defender, Tuscaloosa County, 1997- 2001
NHTSA DUI Investigation and SFST Practitioner’s Course, 2005, 2013

Alabama Marines Foundation (Charter Member)
Federalist Society (Member)
Hunter Education Instructor
Kiwanis Club of Greater Tuscaloosa (Board of Officers, 2009 – 2012; 2014 – present)
Marine Corps League (Mike Spann Detachment Charter Member; Judge Advocate, 2007 – 2009)
National Rifle Association (Patron Member)
National Wild Turkey Federation (Tuscaloosa Chapter Committee Member)
PRIDE of Tuscaloosa (Board of Directors Member, 2008 – 2012)
Tuscaloosa Half Marathon (Committee Member)

Alabama Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Criminal Procedure, (2012 – present)
Alabama State Bar (Bar Commissioner, 6th Judicial Circuit, 2009 – present; Appointed Counsel and Indigent Representation Committee Chairman, 2011 – present; Discipline Panel Alternate, 2014 – present; Disciplinary Rules and Enforcement Committee Member, 2009 – 2014; Leadership Forum Class V Graduate, 2009; Leadership Forum Planning Sub-Committee Chairman, 2009 – 2010; Criminal Section Secretary, 2013 – present; President’s Award Recipient, 2011)
Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (President; President’s Award Recipient, 2011; 2012; 2015);
National College of DUI Defense
Tuscaloosa County Bar Association (Public Defender Commission Member, 2007 – present)

Author: “A Practical Take on Discovery in DUI Defense,” in TRENDS IN DUI DISCOVERY, Eddie Fournier, ed., Thomson Reuters/Aspatore, ch. 6 at 67, 2011