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Professional Experience:
Private legal practice, Ellijay Municipal Court Judge, Former Superior
Court Judge (Fannin, Gilmer and Pickens County), Pro Tem Superior Court
Judge (serving part-time as needed in Hall, Dawson, Forsyth, White, Towns, Pickens, Fannin, and Union counties for 7-1/2 years), Practicing Attorney since 1961, Mediator since 1994, Arbitrator,
Special Master, Court Appointed Trustee, Pro Tem Juvenile Judge, Court
Appointed Guardian of Litem.
Legal Experience:
Practice of law in areas of personal injury litigation; domestic
relations and child custody litigation; small business/corporate
representation; products liability litigation; representation of estates,
limited representation in minor criminal matters.
Dispute Resolution Training:
- Mediation Dispute
Resolution training with American Arbitration Association, December,
1992.
- Domestic Mediation
Training, Atlanta Divorce Mediators, Inc., April 1993.
- Advanced Mediation
Training, CDR Associates, Boulder, CO, September, 1997.
- Advanced Mediation
Training, 9th Judicial Administrative District, November, 1996.
- Advanced Mediation
Training, 9th Judicial Administrative District, January, 1997.
- Early Neutral
Evaluation Training, Georgia Office Dispute Resolution, May, 1997.
- Registered Neutral
with Ninth Judicial Circuit, Cobb Judicial Circuit.
- Certified Neutral
with Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution.
- "Using
Financial Concepts to Settle Domestic Cases", Cobb County ADR.
- Mediation CLE
course, May 6, 1999.
Professional Associations:
- Georgia Trial
Lawyers association, since 1963
- Georgia Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- State Bar of Georgia
- Registered Neutral
with Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution, Cobb Mediators Office,
Ninth Judicial Office of Dispute Resolution
- Licensed to practice
in all Georgia Courts, U.S. District Court for Northern District of
Georgia, 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and United States Supreme
Court.
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