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Practice Areas: General Practice; Civil Appeals; Appellate Practice; Adoption Law; Parental Rights; Termination of Parental Rights; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Arbitration; Judicial Review; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Bankruptcy Chapter 11; Business Law; Civil Rights; Commercial Law; Commercial Constitutional Law; Commercial Torts; Constitutional Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Education Law; Environmental Law; Governmental Law; Employment Law; Leases and Leasing; Landlord and Tenant Law; Legal Ethics; Legal Malpractice; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Media Libel; Medical Malpractice; Municipal Law; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Partnership Law; Limited Liability Partnerships; Personal Injury; Accidents; Personal Injury Appeals; Slip and Fall; Wrongful Death; Premises Liability; Negligent Security; Premises Security; Probate; Products Liability; RICO; Torts; Toxic Torts; Mold Litigation; Pesticide Litigation; Toxic Exposure; Trademarks; Lanham Act; Trademark Infringement; Trademark Registration; Workers Compensation.
Admitted: 1968, Tennessee; 1969, U.S. Court of Military Appeals, U.S. Claims Court, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee and U.S. Tax Court; 1969-1982, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals; 1970, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1982, New York; 1985, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Eleventh Circuits; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Law School: University of Tennessee , J.D., 1967
College: University of Tennessee , B.A., 1965
Member: Memphis (Member, Judicial Standards Committee, 1977), Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; American Trial Lawyers Association; Phi Delta Phi; and Christian Legal Society.
Biography: Author: "RICO Civil Remedies: An Untapped Resource for Insurers" published by Southeastern Practice Institute, Knoxville, Tennessee, November 4 1977; "Prosecution and Defense of Obscenity Cases," The Constitution and the Criminal Lawyer (Practicing Law Institute C4-4145) Course Handbook Series 1980; "The 'Taken As a Whole" Standard to Determine the Obscene," New York University Review of Law and Social Change, Vol. VIII, No. 2, 1978-1979; "What to Do if Something Goes Wrong," included in Adoption Law in Tennessee, National Business Institute, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004.
Recipient: Special Recognition, Citizens for Community Values, Inc., 1998; Special Achievement Award from Acting Attorney General, December 27, 1973; Special Commendation for Outstanding Service to Department of Justice, December 11, 1975; Commendation Award for Contribution to Federal Law Enforcement-Citizens for Decency through Law, Inc., May 4, 1977; Commendation Award as National Honoree-Morality in Media, Inc., November 7, 1977. Member of Faculty, Continuing Legal Education Program: University of Tennessee College of Law, 1977-1979; William Mitchell College of Law, 1979. Trial Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, 1968-1969. Assistant, 1969-1977 and First Assistant, 1972-1976, U.S. Attorney. Private Practice, Memphis, Tennessee , 1977-. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1977-1978. Special Assistant to the Attorney General of Tennessee , 1978-1979. Gubernatorial Appointment as Additional Counsel to District Attorney and to Attorney General, 1996-. Member: Parrish & Clark, 1977; Parrish & Mulrooney, 1978-1988; Parrish & Shaw, 1988-1991; Parrish, Shaw & Brandon, 1991-2000; Parrish, Shaw & Porteous, 2002-2004; Parrish & Shaw, 2004-present. |
