• District Court, S.D. Alabama

  Judge

  2003 – present · 23 yrsAppointed by George W. Bush

Career

• U.S. Army Reserve (retired)

  1990 – 1997 · 7 yrs

• U.S. Magistrate Judge

  U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama

  1990 – 2003 · 13 yrs

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  Southern District of Alabama

  1987 – 1989 · 2 yrs

• Law clerk and bailiff

  Alabama District Court, Tuscaloosa County

  1981 – present · 45 yrs

• Assistant and chief assistant district attorney

  1981 – 1987 · 6 yrs

• Alabama Army National Guard

  1979 – 1990 · 11 yrs

• U.S. Marine Corps

  1972 – 1979 · 7 yrs

Education