PRESENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS

Vice-Chair, Tennessee Child Welfare Advisory Panel ( technical assistance committee established by the Consent Decree in Brian A. v. Sundquist (since 2001);

Fellow, Nashville Bar Foundation (elected 1994); Juvenile Justice Committee American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section (since 1980); American, Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations

PAST PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & AFFILIATIONS

Tennessee Supreme Court Permanency Planning Commission (1996-2002);

Indigent Defense Commission of the Supreme Court of Tennessee (1994-2001);

Juvenile Justice Commission, Tennessee Bar Association (2000-2002);

Presidential Appointee, National Commission on Crime Control and Prevention (1995-2000);

Tennessee Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Executive Committee (1991- 1997),

Member (1990-1998); Family Law Code Revision Commission, Tennessee Bar Association (1995-1999);

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (1980-1998); Mayor's Crime Commission (1997-1998);

Master of the Bench, Harry Phillips American Inn of Court (1994-1998);

Advisory Board, American Bar Association

Due Process Advocacy Project (1994-1996);

Chair, Family and Juvenile Law Section, Association of American Law Schools, (1984);

Criminal Justice Section Council, American Bar Association (At Large Member,1988-89); three year council term, 1989-1992);

Amicus Brief Committee, American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section (1987-1992);

Juvenile Court Rules Committee, Tennessee Bar Association (seven person committee which at the request of the Tennessee Supreme Court drafted the Tennessee Rules of Juvenile Procedure) (1982-1984);

Chair, Juvenile Law Section, National Legal Aid and Defender Association (1980-1983);

Steering Committee, Juvenile Law Section, National Legal Aid and Defenders Association (1984-1988);

Juvenile Court Committee, Nashville Bar Association (1982-1990); Special Committee on Tennessee Appellate Practice, Tennessee Bar Association (1984-1986);

National Consortium of Legal Aid and Defender Attorneys (established at request of American Bar Association for purposes of reviewing and critiquing the drafts of the IJA/ABA Juvenile Justice Standards) (1977-1978);

Advisory Board, National Comparative Dispositions Study, Academy, Inc. (national study of responses of the criminal and juvenile justice systems to serious juvenile crime) (1982-1984);

Foster Care Advisory Committee (statewide committee convened by Commissioner of the Department of Human Services to study problems in foster care and made recommendations; report of Committee entitled "Broken Promises", published December, 1987 by Tennessee Department of Human Services) (1987);

Chair, Juvenile Justice Coalition of Davidson County; Member, Public Hearing Panel, Public Hearings on Alcohol, Drugs and Violence, Tennessee Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services (1994 - 95);