Education:

• B.A., Asbury College
• J.D., Mississippi College School of Law
• M.L.S., University of Southern Mississippi

Judicial Clerkships:

• Mississippi Supreme Court, 1990-91

Areas of Expertise:

• Legal Research
• Electronic Research Seminar
  
  

Publications:

• Remembering Justice Michael D. Sullivan, Hinds County Bar Ass’n Newsletter (April 2000).

• Mississippi Supreme Court Internet Update, 64 Miss. Lawyer 51 (Jan.-Feb.-March 1998).

• Encyclopedia of Mississippi Law (editor and lead author with Jeffrey Jackson) (Thomson/WestGroup vol. 1-4, 2001; vol.5-8, 2002; vol. 9 and New Topic Service, 2003).

• Chapters authored in Encyclopedia of Mississippi Law:

  Attorneys’ Fees
  Civil Procedure (with J. Jackson, R. Morton, & J. Matheny)
  Collateral Estoppel and Res Judicata (with J. Jackson)
  Contempt of Court (with J. Jackson)
  Criminal Law (with P. Bennett & D. Campbell)
  Personal Property
  Zoning
  

• Case Management through Consolidation, Separate Trials and Severance of Claims, in 2 Jeffrey Jackson, Mississippi Civil Procedure (Thomson/WestGroup 1997-2004) (with J. Jackson).

• Finality of Judgments, in 2 Jeffrey Jackson, Mississippi Civil Procedure (Thomson/WestGroup 1996-2004) (with J. Jackson).

• Time Considerations under the Rules of Civil Procedure, in 2 Jeffrey Jackson, Mississippi Civil Procedure (Thomson/WestGroup 1997-2004).

• Mississippi Rules Annotated (Mississippi Bar 1991-2005) (with J. Jackson 1991-1992; J. Jackson & R. Morton 1994; M. Steffey & S. Norberg 1996; T. Mason & M. Steffey 2001; editor and author 2005).

• MLiBulletin (MLi Press 2001-present). MLiBulletin is an e-mail subscription service delivering weekly summaries of all published Mississippi Supreme Court and Court of Appeals opinions.
  
  

Seminars:

• “Legal Research on the Internet,” Annual CLE Seminar for Appellate Court Attorneys, sponsored by Supreme Court of Mississippi, 2004.

• “Legal Research on the Internet,” Mississippi Trial Judges General Jurisdiction Seminar, sponsored by Supreme Court of Mississippi, June 2003.

• “Legal Research on the Internet,” Annual CLE Seminar for Appellate Court Attorneys, sponsored by Supreme Court of Mississippi, May 2003.

• “Internet Legal Research,” Annual CLE Seminar for Mississippi Trial Court Staff Attorneys, Law Clerks, and Research Assistants, sponsored by Administrative Office of Courts, January 2003.

• “The Internet: Resources and Opportunities for Legal Research,” Annual CLE Seminar, sponsored by Mississippi Association of County Board Attorneys, January 2003.

• “The Internet: Resources and Opportunities for Legal Research,” Annual CLE Seminar, sponsored by Mississippi Association of County Board Attorneys, January 2002.

• “Legal Research on the Internet,” Annual CLE Seminar for Appellate Court Attorneys, sponsored by Supreme Court of Mississippi, June 2002.

• “Internet Legal Research,” Annual CLE Seminar for Appellate Court Attorneys, sponsored by Supreme Court of Mississippi, June 2001.

• Panelist, “Why Johnny Can’t Research,” at Southeastern Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, April 2001.

• “Tips and Tools for Effective Internet Research,” Annual Technology Seminar, sponsored by the Mississippi Bar, November 2000.

• “Removal: An Outline of Issues,” Annual Federal Bar Association Seminar (co-author of paper presented by P. Bennett & J. Jackson), June 2000.

• “Introduction to Copyright Law,” Delta State University faculty, October 1999.

• “Introduction to Copyright Law,” Delta State University librarians, October 1999.

• “Legal Research on the Internet,” Annual CLE Seminar for Mississippi Trial Court Law Clerks and Staff Attorneys, sponsored by Administrative Office of Courts, September 1999.

• “Legal Internet Research,” Annual Technology Seminar, sponsored by the Mississippi Bar, June 1999.
  
  

Memberships and Admissions:

• Mississippi Bar
• American Bar Association
• American Association of Law Libraries
• Southeastern Association of Law Libraries
  
  

Community Involvement:

• Habitat for Humanity