Born Jackson Tennessee, 1978. Admitted to the Tennessee Bar, 2004; United States District Court - Western District of Tennessee, 2005, Middle District of Tennessee, 2006, Eastern District of Arkansas, 2007; United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2005.

Educated University of Tennessee at Knoxville, B.S., magna cum laude, 2001 (Major in Finance, Minor in Spanish). Received Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law, 2004. Editor-in-Chief, Richmond Journal of Law & Technology.  Member, Moot Court Board. Member, Moot Court Competition Team (National Finalist).

Judicial Clerk to the Honorable S. Thomas Anderson, United States District Court for Western District of Tennessee, 2004-2005. Published "Fish Genes Into Tomatoes How the World Regulates Genetically Modified Foods," 80 N. Dakota L. Rev 421, 2005; "The Madrid Protocol: Is This International System Here To Stay?," 2004 UCLA J.L. & Tech. 1; "An Outdated Form of Evidentiary Law: A Survey of Dead Man's Statutes and A Proposal for Change," 52 Cleveland State L. Rev. 100 (2005).

Member American Association for Justice (New Lawyers Division Board of Governor), Tennessee Association for Justice, Tennessee Bar Association and Memphis and Shelby County Bar Association.

Married to Jenna Steele Wallis.