Admitted
1974, West Virginia and District of Columbia; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, District of Columbia Court of Appeals and U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; 1976, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virgin
Law School
Catholic University of America, J.D., 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
University of Arizona, A.B., 1968
Memberships
The District of Columbia Bar; West Virginia (President, 1991-1992), Pennsylvania, Maryland and American (Vice-Chair, Rail and Motor Carrier Committee, 1995-1996) Bar Associations; The West Virginia Bar Association (President, 1991-1992); American Board of Trial Advocates (Member, Board of Directors, 1987-1994); International Association of Defense Counsel; West Virginia Defense Trial Counsel (Member, Board of Governors, 1982-1989); Maryland Defense Trial Counsel; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Judicial Conference for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Life Member); West Virginia Law Institute.
Biographical
Member, Moot Court Board. Assistant Counsel, Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, 1974-1975. Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 1975-1976. Member, Board of Directors, West Virginia Legal Services Plan, 1976-1980. Appointed to the U.S. Commission on Agricultural Workers, 1990. Member, West Virginia House of Delegates, 1976-1982. Member: West Virginia Council on Community and Economic Development, 1992-1995; Board of Directors, F&M Bank Martinsburg, 1982-1992; Board of Visitors, Catholic University School of Law; Discover the REAL West Virginia Foundation, President, 1993—. Member, Order of Malta, 2000—.