Listed in: Who's Who in American Law, 1985-; Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1986-; Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, 1991-; Who's Who in the World, 1993-; Who's Who in Finance and Industry, 1996; Who's Who in Tennessee, 1991; Mid-South Super Lawyers, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014; Top 100 lawyers in Tennessee, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015; Top 50 lawyers in Memphis, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015; Tennessee's Top 100 Trial Lawyers, 2010, ATLA; listed, Best Lawyers in America, Woodward & White, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 in Personal Injury and Product Liability. 2013; Top Rated Lawyer in Personal Injury Law 2013, 2015; Martindale-Hubbell and American Lawyer Media. Recipient: ATLA Legal Essay Award, 1973; American Jurisprudence Awards in Environmental Law, Administrative Law and Jurisprudence; Rotary International Foundation Group Study Exchange Award, Japan, 1979; Blue Ribbon Selection Panel, Mid-South Super Lawyers, 2008, 2010-2016; 2014 Top Rated Lawyers in Personal Injury Law, The American Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Magazine, The National Law Journal, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Best Law Firms, U.S. News & Best Lawyers, 2015, 2016; Member: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2001; National Safety Council, 2010. Author: Chapter 9, "Personal Injury Cases: Calculating and Proving Damages," National Business Institute, 2007; Chapter 1, "Evidence: Strategies for Finding, Preserving and Using Evidence to Support Your Case," National Business Institute, December 2007; "The Code of the Warrior," 2006; "Maxims," 2010.