Admitted
1976, District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1993, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Law School
Georgetown University, J.D., 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
Xavier University, B.A., 1968
Memberships
The District of Columbia Bar (Member: Committee on Continuing Legal Education, 1980—; Judicial Conference Voting Delegate, 1976—; Legal Ethics Committee; Research Foundation Committee); Bar Association of the District of Columbia (Secretary, 1994-1995; Co-Chair, Insurance and Tort Law Committee, 1990-1991; Board of Directors, 1993-1994; President Elect, 1995-1996; President, 1996-1997 ); District of Columbia Defense Lawyers Association (Secretary, 1981-1982); The Counsellors (President, 1990-1991; Secretary, 1987-1988); Lawyers' Club of Washington; National Conference of Bar Presidents.
Biographical
Recipient, Jeffrey Crandell Legal Aid Award, 1974. Law Clerk to Hon. Tim Murphy, Associate Judge, Superior Court, District of Columbia, 1974-1975. Adjunct Professor of Law, Catholic University Law School, 1981-1985. Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. Master, The William Bryant Chapter, American Inns of Court, 1988—. Member, Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Judicial Conference Voting Delegate for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1976-1993. Member: House of Delegates, American Bar Association (1996-1997); Council of Court Excellence.
Military
Major, US Marine Corps Reserve, 1968-1982