Born Trenton, Tennessee, May 30, 1961; admitted to bar 1986, Tennessee, United States District Court, Western Division, Western District of Tennessee, 1986; Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1992.

Educated at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, B.S. 1983, Memphis State University, J.D. 1986. Member American Bar Association-Litigation Section, Tennessee Bar Association; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association; and Memphis and Shelby County Bar Association; Member: Memphis Bar Association Committee on Impact of Comparative Fault, 1992.

Married to Lee Ann Austin Wyatt; two children, Nicholas and Carly Nicole.