Emory University School of Law,
J.D., with distinction, June 1979. Emory Law Journal, Executive Notes & Comments Editor;
The Order of the Coif
Wake Forest University,
B.B.A., cum laude, May 1973; major in Accounting. Varsity baseball; Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership society
BAR ADMISSION:
Georgia, 1979
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Friend, Hudak & Harris, LLP, Atlanta, GA; Of Counsel, March 2007 to present
PTEK Holdings, Inc., n/k/a Premiere Global Services, Inc. (NYSE: PGI), Atlanta, GA,
November 1995 to September 2003; Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, November 1995 to September 2003; Chief Financial Officer, November 1995 to May 1998 and January 2000 to October 2001
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P., Atlanta, GA;
Partner, February 1993 to November 1995
Long, Aldridge & Norman (now McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP), Atlanta, GA;
Partner, March 1989 to February 1993
Kilpatrick & Cody (now Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, GA,
June 1979 to March 1989; admitted to the partnership October 1, 1986
Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP), Atlanta, GA,
July 1973 to August 1976; promoted to Senior Accountant July 1976.
Received Georgia CPA Certificate August 1975
Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Compensation Committee of a private technology company for more than 10 years
Advisor to the Board of Directors of a private manufacturing company
Served as expert witness on partnership law in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Founding Member, Georgia Academy of Mediators & Arbitrators
Member, National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
Associate, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Selected as one of "Georgia's Top Rated Lawyers" in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business & Commercial
American Bar Association (Dispute Resolution, Business Law, Litigation, and Taxation Sections)
State Bar of Georgia (Dispute Resolution, Business, Corporate Counsel, Professional Liability, and Taxation Sections)
Atlanta Bar Association (Dispute Resolution, Business and Finance, Corporate Counsel, Litigation, and Tax Law (former Chair) Sections; former Editor-in-Chief of The Atlanta Lawyer)
Former Member of Board of Directors of the North Atlanta Tax Council
Co-Chair of the Georgia Limited Liability Company Committee, which drafted the Georgia Limited Liability Company Act
