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 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
Served as expert witness on partnership law in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Founding Member, Georgia Academy of Mediators & Arbitrators
American Bar Association (Dispute Resolution, Business Law, and Taxation Sections)
State Bar of Georgia (Alternative Dispute, Business, Corporate Counsel, and Taxation Sections)
Atlanta Bar Association (Atlanta Dispute Resolution Lawyers, Business & Finance Law, Corporate Counsel, and Tax and Fiduciary 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
