In 1997, I graduated from the University of Georgia with a BA in Philosophy (Summa Cum Laude), earning my law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2000 (Magna Cum Laude).  I joined Fulcher Hagler, LLP in 2001, directly following a clerkship with the Honorable W. Leon Barfield, United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Georgia. 

As a member of the State Bars of Georgia and South Carolina, my litigation-oriented practice primarily incolces the representation of commercial and individual defendants emroiled in civil litigation, although I also enjoy and solicit Criminal Justice Act appointments from federal trial and appellate courts.  Among other bar-related pursuits, I presently serve on a standing committee in the US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia -- one of the few remaining federal districts nationwide without a federal public defender -- which advises the Court and makes recommendations to it concerning the CJA appointment process and management of the CJA panel.