• Born October 8, 1936, Sumner County
• Married; 3 children; 7 grandchildren
• Cumberland Presbyterian
• Attorney
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville B.S. - Mechanical Engineering
• J.D. Nashville School of Law
• Member of Nashville Bar Association (past president and director); Nashville Bar Fellow; Tennessee Bar Association; American Bar Association; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; American Trial Lawyers Association

Public Office

• Senate Member 94th through 104th Tennessee General Assemblies
• Chairman of Senate Democratic Caucus
• Chair, Senate Ethics Committee
• Member, Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
• Member, Senate State and Local Government Committee
• Chair, Joint Worker's Compensation Committee
• Past Chairman - Senate Government Operations Committee
• Member and Past Chairman - Davidson County Legislative Delegation
• Commissioner 1976-1988; Vice-Mayor 1986-1988 - City of Goodlettsville

Community Involvement

• Member (past president and director) - Goodlettsville Chamber of Commerce
• Member - Madison Chamber of Commerce
• Member - Old Hickory Chamber of Commerce
• Member and Board Member - Donelson-Hermitage Chamber of Commerce
• Member - Nashville Chamber of Commerce
• Member and past Exalted Ruler - Elks Lodge
• Member and past vice-president - Tennessee Elks Association
• Member - Al Menah Temple
• Past president - Goodlettsville-Madison Shrine Club
• Shriner
• Mason
• Member, Kiwanis Club
• Executive Board Member - Southern Growth Policies Board
• Executive Council Member - Middle Tennessee Boy Scouts
• Graduate - Leadership Nashville
• Board of Directors - McKendree Village Retirement Community
• Member of the American Trial Lawyers Association
• Member of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association