EDUCATION

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

Juris Doctorate 2005

Activities & Honors: George Peach Taylor Trial Advocacy Award 2004; George Peach Taylor Trial Advocacy Award 2005; Member of the Elder Law Student Clinic; Member of the Tax and Estate Planning Law Association; Selected for the Bench & Bar Legal Honor Society; Awarded Membership in the American Judicature Society for Outstanding Achievement in Interscholastic Trial Competition; Member of the Student Farrah Law Society; Member of the Dorbin Association; Member of the Student Bar Association; Inducted into the Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity; Member of the Homecoming Committee 2004 and 2005

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Master of Business Administration 2002

Activities & Honors: Society for Human Resource Management; Glenwood, Inc., Marketing Committee, Ethics Committee

Samford University Birmingham, Alabama

B.S. Business Administration 1999

Activities & Honors: Student Government Association Freshman Senator; Student Judicial Council Student Justice; Delta Zeta Social Sorority, Vice-President of Programming, Ways and Means Chairman, RUSH Representative

TRAINING

• Mental Health Summit: A Day to Discover What Community Mental Health Should Look Like January, 2018 – Montgomery, Alabama

• Alabama Probate Judges Association Training Conference January, 2018 – Montgomery, Alabama

• Electronically Stored Information: Admission of Evidence at Trial by Judge Lara Alvis November, 2017 – Columbiana, Alabama

• 2017 Election Conference for Probate Judges October, 2017 – Tuscaloosa, Alabama

• Adult Guardianships & Conservatorships September, 2017 – Tuscaloosa, Alabama

• Digital Communications by J. Eric Anderson September, 2017 – Columbiana, Alabama

• Alabama Probate Judges Association Summer Conference June, 2017 – Orange Beach, Alabama

• Proposed Changes to Child Support Guidelines with Hon. Julie A. Palmer May, 2017 – Columbiana, Alabama

• Psychological Evaluations in Alienation with Dr. Alan Blotchy, PhD February, 2017 – Columbiana, Alabama

• Alabama Probate Judges Association Training Conference January, 2017 – Point Clear, Alabama

• Alabama Probate Judges Association Training Conference September, 2016 – Tuscaloosa, Alabama

• Adult Guardianships & Conservatorships September, 2016 – Tuscaloosa, Alabama

• Suicide Prevention, Saving Lives One Community at a Time with Lisa Holman June, 2016 – Columbiana, Alabama

• Alabama Probate Judges Association Training Conference June, 2016 – Orange Beach, Alabama

• Mediation – What’s Happening in the Other Room with Judge Art Hanes March, 2016 – Columbiana, Alabama

• Mental Health Summit: Strategic Discussion for Solving Alabama Mental Health Crisis January, 2016 – Birmingham, Alabama

• Alabama Probate Judges Association Training Conference January, 2016 – Montgomery, Alabama

• Legal Update on the 2015 Alabama Justice Reinvestment Act September, 2015 – Columbiana, Alabama

• National Association of Drug Court Professionals 21st Annual Training Conference – July, 2015 – Washington, DC

• 2015 Alabama District Attorneys Association Summer Conference June, 2015 – Gulf Shores, Alabama

• Alabama Association of Drug Court Professionals 2015 Conference February, 2015 – Guntersville, Alabama

• National Association of Drug Court Professionals 20th Annual Training Conference May, 2014 – Anaheim, CA

• 2014 Alabama District Attorneys Association Winter Conference January, 2014 – Birmingham, Alabama

• National Association of Drug Court Professionals 19th Annual Training Conference July, 2013 – Washington, DC

• 29th Annual National Symposium on Child Abuse March, 2013 – National Children’s Advocacy Center, Huntsville, Alabama

• 2013 Alabama District Attorneys Association Winter Conference January, 2013 – Birmingham, Alabama

• 2013 Alabama District Attorneys Association Summer Conference July, 2012 – Gulf Shores, Alabama

• National Association of Drug Court Professionals 18th Annual Training Conference May, 2012 – Nashville, Tennessee

• 2012 Alabama District Attorneys Association Winter Conference January, 2012 – Birmingham, Alabama

• Computer Forensics for Prosecutors Program June, 2011 – National Computer Forensics Institute, Birmingham, Alabama

• 2011 Alabama District Attorneys Association Winter Conference January, 2011 – Birmingham, Alabama

• Forensic Interviews at Trial: Preparation and Presentation Training November, 2010 – National Children’s Advocacy Center, Huntsville, Alabama

• Alabama Children’s Justice Task Force Best Practices III August, 2010 – Birmingham, Alabama

• 2010 Alabama District Attorneys Association Summer Conference July, 2010 – Gulf Shores, Alabama

• 2010 Alabama District Attorneys Association Winter Conference January, 2010 – Birmingham, Alabama

• Update on Workers’ Compensation Law June, 2009 – Columbiana, Alabama

• Probate Law by Honorable James Fuhrmeister May, 2009 – Columbiana, Alabama

• Forensic Pathology for Investigators April, 2009 – Sheriff’s Training Center, Columbiana, Alabama

• Alabama State Bar Road Show for Shelby County Bar with Jeremy McIntyre April, 2009 – Columbiana, Alabama

• Fair Labor Standards Act – Rob Barber February, 2009 – Columbiana, Alabama

• 2009 Alabama District Attorneys Association Winter Conference January, 2009 – Birmingham, Alabama

• Update on Bankruptcy Law January, 2009 – Columbiana, Alabama

• Guide to Alabama Juvenile Justice Act – Types of Hearings November, 2008  – Columbiana, Alabama

• District Court Practice October, 2008 – Columbiana, Alabama

• 2008 Alabama District Attorneys Association Summer Conference July, 2008 – Gulf Shores, Alabama

• Advising Your Clients with IRA’s & 401K’s October, 2007 – Columbiana, Alabama

• 2007 Alabama District Attorneys Association Summer Conference July, 2007 – Gulf Shores, Alabama

• Alabama State Bar Ethics – Featuring Tony McLain June, 2007 – Columbiana, Alabama

• 2006 Agency Underwriting Seminar – Chicago Title Insurance August, 2006 – Mississippi

• AOC’s Guardian Ad Litem Seminar July, 2006 – Tuscaloosa, Alabama

• Certification of Guardian ad Litems December, 2005 – Tuscaloosa, Alabama