Admitted
1975, South Carolina and U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court; registered t
Law School
Georgetown University and Catholic University of America, J.D., 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
Auburn University, B.S.A.E., 1966; University of Alabama, M.S.E., 1970
Memberships
South Carolina Bar (Member: Committee on Patent, Trademark and Copyright, 1979-1992; House of Delegates, 1986-1994, 2000—); American Bar Association (Member, Section on Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law); Carolina Patent Trademark and Copyright Law Association (President, 1989-1990); International Trademark Association.
Biographical
Engineer, NASA, 1966-1970. Examiner, U.S. Patent Office, 1970-1974. Law Clerk, U.S. Patent Office Board of Appeals, 1973. Councilman, Greenville County Council, 2000—.