Native of Huntsville, Alabama, (Whitesburg Elementary, Middle Schools, Grissom High School). Graduated from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Undergraduate 1983, and UA School Of Law 1986. Practiced with Hon. Lee Clyde Traylor, Fort Payne, Alabama, 1986, Higgs & Conchin 1987-1989, G. John Dezenberg, Jr. 1989-1993, 1994-2012, and 2014-2017, Higgs, Emerson & Dezenberg 1993-1994, Dezenberg & Larsen, P.C. 2012-2014, and Dezenberg & Smith, P.C. 2017 to present.
In 1994, limited his practice to Bankruptcy Law and Debt Relief For Consumers. Member of National Association Of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys where he keeps up with Bankruptcy Law changes at the National Conventions on an annual basis.