EDUCATION: Muscle Shoals High School, 1993; University of North Alabama, Florence, Alabama, 1997; Mississippi College School of Law, J.D., 2002.
PRACTICE OF LAW: Served as Assistant District Attorney, Mobile County District Attorney's Office and Baldwin County District Attorney’s Office from 2003 to 2022. Assigned to the District Attorney’s “Murder Team” and handled major crimes for the DA’s Office during much of that time. Prosecuting numerous high profile capital murder cases and violent crimes. Received a national award for prosecution of violent crimes, awarded Outstanding Advocacy in Capital Case from 2016-2017 given by Association of Government Attorneys in Capital Litigation.
Elected to Mobile County District Court Judge Place 1 in November 2022 and was sworn into office on January 13, 2023. In February 2024, established the first Mental Health Court in Mobile County. Presides over Accountability Courts; Drug Court and Mental Health Court as well as a Criminal docket.
MEMBER: Mobile Bar Association; Alabama Bar Association; Paul W. Brock Chapter of American Inns of Court; Alabama District Court Judges Association, and a Member of the Alabama Association of Drug Court Professionals