Biography

Admitted to practice in California; Partner, Smith, Buchanan and Smith and City Attorney, City of Bishop; Assistant and Associate Professor of Law, University of North Dakota, 1982-85; Associate and Professor of Law, Widener University, 1985-88; Visiting Professor of Law, University of San Diego, 1988-89; Dean and Professor, Capital University Law School, 1989-93, 1995-97; Dean, University of Montana School of Law, 1993-95; Donaghey Dean of Law, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 1997-2000; Herff Chair of Excellence in Law, University of Memphis, 2000-04 (Interim Dean, 2003-04); President, Southern Virginia University, 2004—; Member, Infractions Appeals Committee, NCAA, Division I, 2003-04; Member, Board of Trustees, American Academy of Liberal Education; Visiting Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University, 2009—.