Since 1996, he has practiced as a shareholder in Akin & Tate, P.C., Georgia's oldest continuing law firm. He has won numerous million dollar plus verdicts and settlements for his clients and has been widely recognized as one of the state's top lawyers by various publications, including Georgia Trend Magazine, which named him to its list of "Georgia's Legal Elite," and Atlanta Magazine, which has repeatedly named him as a "Super Lawyer." He is currently the Vice Chairman of the Judicial Qualifications Commission and a member of the American Bar Association's House of Delegates.