Member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. Focus on mergers and acquisitions, public offerings of equity (including IPOs) and debt, corporate finance and securities law, with extensive experience in Board of Directors, Special Board Committee and corporate governance representations.The College of William and Mary, B.A. in economics; Emory University School of Law and Emory University Goizueta Business School, joint JD/MBA degree. Graduated from law school with distinction and a member of the Order of the Coif and Managing Editor of the Emory Law Journal. Graduated from business school as a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the business honor society.Member of the Business Law Sections of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of California, and of the Business and Corporations Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Member of the Board of Directors of the California Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Trustees of Emory University, and past Chairman of the Board of Trustees and President of The John Thomas Dye School, an independent elementary school. Frequent lecturer on mergers and acquisitions, corporate and securities law topics.