W. J. MICHAEL CODY practices law in Memphis, Tennessee, as a senior partner in the firm of Burch, Porter & Johnson. He was formerly a member of the Memphis City Council, a candidate for Mayor of Memphis, U.S. Attorney General for the Western District of Tennessee, and Attorney General for the State of Tennessee. Mr. Cody was on Jimmy Carter's 1976 National Steering Committee for the Presidential campaign and coordinated the campaign in West Tennessee.

RICHARDSON R. LYNN is a Professor of Law at Pepperdine University School of Law. In addition to teaching at various law schools, he served as Professor of Business Law and Ethics at the Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business in Nashville.