District Courts for the State of Mississippi and the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has litigated hundreds of cases in Mississippi's state and federal courts, and has argued cases in both the Mississippi Court of Appeals and Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He received his bachelors of science degree in 2003 from Tulane University in New Orleans, with high honors in mathematics from its Honors College. He received his juris doctor from the Tulane Law School in 2006.