I was raised in Huntsville (born a military brat in Alaska, but here since I was 3).  My grandfather (paternal) was a public school teacher and later owned Off Campus Bookstore.  My other grandfather (maternal) was an aerospace engineer who worked with Wernher von Braun on the Saturn Program and later the Space Shuttle.

I'm the oldest of five children.  I went to High School at Covenant Christian Academy (graduated 2003).  I worked at the bookstore through highschool, then got a full academic scholarship to Troy University, where I majored in Business Administration (graduated 2007).  I got a scholarship to Cumberland School of Law at Samford University.  I was a member of Law Review, Moot Court Board, and a captain of the National Trial Team.  I was selected the Best Advocate in my graduating class by the faculty.  I graduated law school in 2010.

I spent a small amount of time in private practice, then took a job as a prosecutor at the Mobile County District Attorney's Office in 2011.  There I prosecuted everything from drug crimes to murders, trying more cases than anyone else in the office.  I was promoted to head the White Collar Crimes and Special Prosecutions Unit in Mobile, but my heart was always in Huntsville where my family was.

I reached out to Rob in late 2015 and took a job at the Madison County District Attorney's Office working in the Crimes Against Children Unit where I prosecuted child molesters and abusers.  In 2017 I was promoted to the head of that unit.  I simultaneously took on a violent crime case load, resulting in my prosecuting capital murders, home invasions, rapes, and armed robberies.  I've put lots of very bad men in prison for the rest of their lives and have a number on death row.  In 2021, I was promoted to my current position, Chief Trial Attorney.  This puts me in charge of 25 attorneys in the office and makes me responsible for every felony prosecution and trial our office prosecutes.  I continue to carry a violent crime case load, mostly prosecuting capital murders, kidnappings, home invasions, and the like.

On the personal side, I am happily married to my college sweetheart Joyce.  We've been married for 16 years.  We have four children: two girls (14 and 12) and two boys (10 and 8).  I am the President of the Board of DIrectors of Covenant Christian Academy and a lifelong member of West Huntsville Baptist Church.