Areas of Practice

• Construction Law
• Employment Law
• Real Property Law
• Business and Commercial Law
• Contracts
• Construction Litigation
• Construction Contracts
• Real Estate Law
• Real Estate Disputes
• Foreclosures
• General Civil Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Defects
• Mechanic's Liens
• Business Organization
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Construction Bond Law

Bar Admissions

• Tennessee, 2000
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee, 2001
• U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee, 2002
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee, 2003
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2003

Education

• Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 2000
  J.D.
  Honors: Scholar of Merit - Contracts
  Honors: Goozee, King & Horsley, LLP Senior Writing Award
  Honors: Five-time member of Dean's List
  Honors: Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow
  Law Journal: American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Associate Editor, Student Materials Editor, 1998 - 2000
  
  
• University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, Tennessee, 1997
  B.S.
  Honors: With Honors
  
  

Published Works

• The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and Recent State Legislation Regulating the Hiring of Illegal Immigrants, 27 ABA Construction Lawyer, Winter, 2007
• Contributor to Chapter 11: Sink and Pages False Claims in Construction Contracts: Federal, State, and Local, October, 2007

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Hazards, Issues, and Options Related to ICE Investigations and Immigration Compliance, ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, Annual Meeting, 2008

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Nashville Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• Tennessee Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• American Bar Association, Litigation Section
  Member
  
  
• American Bar Association
  Member, Construction Litigation Committee
  
  
• ABA Forum on the Construction Industry Division 9 - Specialty Trade Contractors & Suppliers
  Member, Steering Committee
  
  
• Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel
  
  
• American Journal of Trial Advocacy
  Mentor
  
  
• American Builders and Contractors
  Member
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Kirksey & McNamee, PLC
• Tennessee Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights and Claims Division, Nashville, TN
• Hon. Judge John Everett Williams, Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, Law Clerk
• United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., Congressional Intern, 1997
• Tennessee General Assembly, Nashville, TN, Legislative Intern, 1997

Birth Information

• August 13, 1974, Tennessee, United States of America