Biography
A Representative from Georgia. Born in Brooklyn, King's County, N. Y. , on May 18, 1955. B. A. , Yale University, New Haven, Conn. , 1976. JD. , Duke University, Durham, N. C. ,1979. Lawyer, private practice. Faculty, Wake Forest Law School, Winston-Salem, N. C. Judge, Georgia state court of Dekalb County, Ga. , 1993-2002. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eighth Congress (January 3, 2003-January 3, 2005). Not a candidate for reelection in 2004, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate.