County Attorneys are elected or appointed officials and are responsible for defending or prosecuting all civil claims for or against the county.

Preparatory Education, Tennessee Technological University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1984); Legal Education, University of Tennessee (J.D., 1987); Fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta, Editorial Board, Tennessee Judicial Newsletter. Member: Putnam County Bar Association (President, 1990), Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; Upper Cumberland Trial Lawyers Association; District Representative for Tennessee Young Lawyers Division of TBA