Admitted
1959, South Carolina and U.S. District Court for District of South Carolina
Law School
University of South Carolina, LL.B., cum laude, 1959
Law School Graduation Year
1959
College
University of South Carolina, A.B., 1957
Memberships
Richland County (Member, Executive Committee, 1970) and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (Chairman, Public Relations Committee, 1972); South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association (Member, Executive Committee, 1970, Secretary-Treasurer, 1971, President-Elect, 1972, President, 1973); International Association of Defense Counsel; Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (Regional Vice President, 1977-1978; Member, Board of Directors, 1979); Defense Research Institute (Regional Vice President, 1976-1979; Member, Board of Directors, 1979-1982; Vice President, Public Relations, 1982-1984; Vice President of Administration and President-Elect, 1984-1985; President, 1985-1986; Chairman of the Board, 1986-1987); Product Liability Advisory Council (Member, Executive Committee, 1997—); Lawyers For Civil Justice (Board Member, 1984, President, 1991-1993; Chairman of Board, 1993-1994); U.S. Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference; Trial Attorneys of America; American Board of Trial Advocates (Diplomat); Master, John Belton O'Neill Inn of Court
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi; Order of Wig and Robe; Omicron Delta Kappa; Kappa Sigma Kappa (Vice President, 1956); Kappa Alpha (Secretary, 1956). Recipient: Robert W. Hemphill Award from South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association, 1989; John Watson Williams Award, Richland County Bar Association; Compleat Lawyer Award, University of South Carolina School of Law, 2001. Listed: Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury and Business Litigation, Since 1st Edition; International Who's Who of Product Liability Defense Lawyers, Since 1st Edition. Member, Board of Regents, 2002-2006. Diplomat, American Board of Trial Advocates. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (Chairman, Committee on Special Problems in the Administration of Justice, 1998-2000; Chairman, SC State Committee, 2001).