Education

 Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law - Juris Doctor

University of Southern Mississippi - Bachelor of Arts Degree  

• He was born in Fairfield, Alabama

• October 29, 1979
• Jackson, Mississippi (Home)
  • Cumberland School of Law Honors
    • Dean’s List Spring 2007 Honoree
    • Dean’s List Scholar (Academic Achievement)
    • Spirit of Service Award Spring 2006 Awardee
      • Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts Participation

• Legal Experience

• Sidley Austin, LLP (New York, New York)
• Research Associate (Spring 2006)
• Southern Regional BLSA Law Journal (Birmingham, Alabama)
• Editorial Committee Member
• McMurtray & Armistad PA (Jackson, Mississippi)
• Law Clerk, Summer 2005
• Cumberland Street Law Program (Birmingham, Alabama)
• Mentor
• Volunteer
  • Current Practice
• Indigent Criminal Defense
• Hinds County Office of the Public Defender
  • Publications
• The Birmingham Arts Journal (Birmingham, Alabama) Works
• “Dreams”
• “Watching Midnight Stars”
  • Southern Regional BLSA Law Journal (Birmingham, Alabama)
• Selected for Spring 2006 Inaugural Publication
• Article titled “Shattered Dreams: The Legal Implications of Dissociative Amnesia.”
  • Military
    • Armed Forces Reserve
    • United States Marine Corps Reserve (Southeastern Region, USA)
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • Georgia
  • South Carolina
    • Mississippi Army National Guard
    • Current United States Army Reserve
    • 7^th Battalion, 108^th Regiment Meritorious Achiever
  • Americorps
    • AmeriCorps w Mississippi, USA (Raymond, Hattiesburg)
    • AmeriCorps Member, August 1999 through December 2000
  • Family Life
    • Married to Denise Barnett