Biography
Representative from Georgia; born in Washington, D.C., October 2, 1954; B.A., Clark College (Clark Atlanta University), Atlanta, Ga., 1976; J.D., Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, Houston, Tex., 1979; lawyer, private practice; member of the DeKalb County, Ga., board of commissioners, 2001-2006; associate judge, DeKalb County, Ga., magistrate court, 1989-2001; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Tenth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2007-present); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 2009 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of Samuel B. Kent, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 2010 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of G. Thomas Porteous Jr., judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
