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Wrote an article on the Defense of Entrapment for the Gate City Bar Association. Was also recognized by the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys for having argued and won the most significant crminal case in the Georiga Supreme Court preserving the rights of all individuals to a "jury trial" in traffic ticket cases. John Geng v. State (Ga. Supreme Court, 2003)
Served as a Police Officer, Police Chief, Municipal Court Judge and State Court Judge. Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice and Public Administration Brenau College, Gainesville Ga. (1986) Master of Public Administration Brenau College, Gainesville Ga. (1988) Doctor of Jurisprudence, J.D. Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law Houston Texas (1991) Master of Laws, L.L.M. Atlanta Law School, Atlanta Ga. (1993)