Mr. Vaughan graduated from the University of Tennessee with honors and the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1972 with high honors.  He previously taught business law at the University of Tennessee from 1971 through 1973 and later taught law courses at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma Washington.  Mr. Vaughan is listed in  Outstanding Young Men of America and in Who's Who in American Law.  He is a  member of the American, Tennessee and Knoxville Bar Associations and is admitted to practice before all Tennessee courts, the Federal District Courts and the United States Supreme Court.