U.S. Marine Corps, 1972-1979
Alabama Army National Guard, 1979-1990
U.S. Army Reserve (retired), 1990-1997
Law clerk and bailiff, Alabama District Court, Tuscaloosa County, 1981
Assistant and chief assistant district attorney, Mobile County, Alabama, 1981-1987
Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of Alabama, 1987-1989
Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, October 9, 2001; no Senate vote
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U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama, 1990-2003