Admitted
1980, South Carolina and U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Law School
University of South Carolina, J.D., 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
The Citadel, B.S., with honors, 1977
Memberships
South Carolina Bar (Member, Criminal Law Section); Charleston County (President) and American (Member, Criminal Section, 1992) Bar Associations; National Association of Former U.S. Attorneys.
Biographical
Author: Computer and Intellectual Property Crimes, S.C. Bar 2003; Health Care Fraud and Collateral Consequences, S.C. Bar, 2000; State & Federal Tax Crimes, 1996; Environmental Crimes and Corporate Liability, S.C. Bar, 1993, 1999 2d Edition; Federal Environmental Crimes, South Carolina Lawyer, May/June, 1993; Defending White Collar Crimes, S.C. Bar, July 1992; Defending Environmental Crimes, South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, 1992; The Defense Lawyers Guide to Civil Forfeiture, South Carolina Bar, 1987; The ABC's of Civil Forfeiture - A Prosecutor's Guide, Department of Justice, January, 1985, 2nd Edition, 1991; Operation Jackpot The Seizure of Drug Assets, Inside Drug Law, Vol. 1, No. 5, December, 1984. Assistant United States Attorney, 1982-1986. Assistant State Attorney General, 1980-1982. United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina, 1989-1992. Attorney General's Advisory Committee, 1989-1992. Hearing Officer, South Carolina Coastal Council, 1992-1994. Member, Department of Justice Faculty on Criminal and Civil Forfeitures, 1982-1985.