EXPERIENCE

A. Legal

Practiced law for 20 years.  This has been primarily as a trial attorney representing plaintiffs in civil actions.  Emphasis of practice has been on products liability litigation involving the investigation of the design and manufacture of defective products.  Examples of areas that were the subject of such litigation included three wheeled ATVs, automotive crashworthiness, and tire failures.  This work has included preparing these complex cases and taking them to trial.

B. Private Industry/Engineering

For approximately 14 years after obtaining a degree in Industrial Engineering, worked in the industrial sector including nine years in the aluminum industry.  This included a six month overseas assignment in Venezuela.  Several years were spent in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.  Experience involved working in a heavily unionized setting in the case of the aluminum industry, to light and non-union settings in the other areas.

C. Teaching

Adjunct faculty member at the National Park Community College in Hot Springs, Arkansas.  Over a two year span, taught courses in Statistics, Business Labor Law, Industrial Psychology, and Introduction to Business.  In the fall of 2005, have filled in for a recovering faculty member at Catholic High School in Little Rock, teaching Physical Science for six weeks.

EDUCATION

U. S. Naval Academy  Annapolis, MD.
University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR. BS Industrial Engineering
UALR School of Law  Little Rock, AR. Juris Doctor

HONORS/AFFILIATIONS

Alpha Pi Mu - Industrial Engineering Honor Society; Upper quartile in engineering and law schools; Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy; Licensed to practice law in Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

A. Mediation & Consulting Services, PA 2005-Present  Little Rock, AR

Private law practice in area of personal injury.  Also, offering mediation services in the litigation context. 

B. Gary Eubanks & Associates  1984-1996; 2002-2005 Little Rock, AR

Civil trial work representing injured plaintiffs in various actions including negligence and products liability.

C. Merritt & Associates   1999-2002   Oklahoma City, OK

Civil trial work involving catastrophic injury cases.  Application of skills in the preparation of complex trials involving design, engineering and manufacturing issues.  Emphasis placed on automotive litigation involving vehicle dynamics and crashworthiness.

D. Reynolds Metals Company 1969-1973; 1977-1984 Jones Mills, AR

Production engineering, production management, safety and human resources involvement.  Interaction with Steelworkers union in areas of safety and contract interpretation/arbitration.

E. Baxter Laboratories/Maybelline Cosmetics 1973-1977 Little Rock, AR

Traditional industrial engineering duties including work measurement and process improvement at a plant producing blood collection bags and medical devices.  Similar work at the Maybelline initially then moving into production management as superintendent overseeing manufacturing function.

HOBBIES

Enjoy long distance running, tennis, sailing and reading history.