Mike and his wife Sandy have been married for over 40 years and have 4 children who are now grown and married, and have blessed Mike and Sandy with 10 grandchildren. Mike and Sandy are members of Woodland Park Baptist Church (where Mike serves as an elder and works with high school students).
Education
- University of Georgia (BA, summa cum laude, 1981; JD, summa cum laude 1984)
- Academic Honors
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Order of the Coif
Memberships
- State Bar of Georgia
- Chattanooga Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Executive Council of the Adoption Section of the Tennessee Bar Association, 2019-Present, and former chair of the adoption section
- Christian Legal Society
- Chattanooga Estate Planning Council
- Fellow, Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys
- Georgia Council of Adoption Lawyers
Featured Publications
- Tennessee Bar Association – Tennessee’s New Adoption Law (July 2018)
- Tennessee Bar Journal – A New Concept: Enforceable Post-adoption Contact Agreements Come to Tennessee
- Tennessee Bar Journal – Tennessee’s New Adoption Law
Practice Areas
- Adoption, throughout all of north Georgia and middle and east Tennessee, including:
- Birth parent representation
- Independent adoptions
- Agency adoptions
- Stepparent, grandparent and other relative adoptions
- Termination of parental rights
- Adult Adoptions
- Corporate Law
- Estate Planning (including wills, trusts & tax planning)
- Estate Administration
- Probate
- Non-profit organization law
