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Cody is a partner in the Memphis law firm of Burch, Porter and Johnson. He served as attorney general for the state of Tennessee from 1984 to 1988 and as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Tennessee from 1977 to 1981. He was admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1961. Cody is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American and Tennessee bar foundations. He is a member of the Memphis, Tennessee and American bar associations.