I was born in Marietta, Georgia.  I graduated Magna Cum Laude from Kennesaw State University where I received a B. B. A. in Finance, and obtained my J. D. degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California. Additionally, I won various mock trial competitions in the Intensive Advocacy Program at the University of San Francisco.

I hold membership in the State Bars of California and Georgia, and I am a member of the American Bar Association, Cobb County Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association, the American Association for Justice and the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and I have served as a Barrister in the Bleckley Inns of Court, and am admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia, Court of Appeals of Georgia, and all Georgia Superior, State, Probate and Magistrate Courts. I also am a member of Kennesaw Lodge No. 33, F. & A. M., of the Kennesaw State University Alumni Association and of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.