Practice Areas:

Certified for all State Courts (Georgia), Federal (Northern District, GA),
Eastern District TN (Chattanooga); 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (Atlanta);
experience in criminal, civil, and administrative law, at all levels;
Specializations include:
constitutional law, civil rights, (federal statutes RE age, gender, medical
discrimination, etc.; free speech, including governmental defendants);
torts (personal injury, labor law); property (mortgage, land issues); probate (wills
and trusts); environmental law (zoning, etc.);
contracts (incorporation, litigation);
immigration (work permits; deportation, including appeals);
family law (divorce, support, custody, adoption);
Juvenile Court (deprivation, delinquency actions)

Education:
B.A. cum laude, St. Olaf College, 1972
M. Div. cum laude, Yale Divinity School, 1975
Ph. D., Philosophy, Yale University Graduate School, Dec. 1980:
Cooper Prize, thesis: “Aristotle and contemporary action theory”
J.D., Georgia State University College of Law, 1999:
President, Environmental Law Society

Research and Related Activities:
Soren Kierkegaard Library, Univ. of Copenhagen, 1977-78 (Marshall Fellowship)
Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation, UC Santa Barbara, 1989
Soviet-American Visits and Interchange (SAVI), Moscow, summer 1989
NEH seminar, “Ethics in the Real World,” Trinity University, San Antonio, 1992

Teaching:
Bowdoin College, spring 1981;
Wittenberg University, 1981-83;
National Peace College, 1983-85;
Davidson College, 1985-86;
University of San Diego, 1986-92;
Lafayettte and Muhlenberg Colleges, 1992-94

Legal Training and Experience:

Clerkship for J. William Reilly, Atlanta Legal Start, 1996
Researcher for Georgia Center for Law in the Public Interest, Athens, 1997
Sole practitioner, Dalton, GA, 2000-2007

Publications (select):

Moral Dilemmas, Deliberation and Choice, Journal of Philosophy, 1985
Representation and Resolution of the Nuclear Conflict, J. Social Philosophy, 1985
What Is It to be “Moral”? in S. Lee et al, eds., Essays in Values and Virtues, 1988
Cybernetics, Culpability & Risk: Automatic Launch and Accidental War, Phil. of
Technology, 1989