Admitted
1973, South Carolina and U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of South Carolina, J.D., 1973
Law School Graduation Year
1973
College
Clemson University, B.A., 1968
Memberships
Richland County (Chairman, Criminal Law Committee, 1989-1991) and American (Member, Section of Criminal Justice) Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1985-1986); American Judicature Society; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association (Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1981-1984); South Carolina Criminal Trial Lawyers Association; The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Judicature Society; Civil Justice Foundation
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award. Faculty: University of South Carolina School of Law; National Institute of Trial Advocacy; University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Department of Neuropsychiatry. Listed: Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers; Who's Who in American Law; National Directory of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Best Lawyers in America; M/D Register. Co-Author, Criminal Trial Advocacy, South Carolina Bar, 1998. Author: The Right to Free Speech Versus the Right to a Fair Trial-Balancing Competing Interests, 42 S.C.L.R. 901 (1991); The Preliminary Hearing as a Discovery Device, Fall, 1982, The South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, Bulletin; Inside Drug Law, Handling the Preliminary Hearing in Drug Cases, Volume 1, Number 5, December, 1984; South Carolina Lawyer, Jury Charges for Self-Defense in Homicide Cases, September/October, 1989; South Carolina Lawyer, Defending the Battered Woman, December, 1990; South Carolina Trial Notebook, Volumes I, II and III (S.C. Bar 1991); On Being A Trial Lawyer, South Carolina Lawyer 1999 and The Champion 2000. Co-author: South Carolina Criminal Trial Techniques Handbook, South Carolina Bar, 1998. Member, South Carolina Board of Bar Examiners, 1987-1992. Member, Board of Commissioners and Grievance and Discipline 1989-1993. Member, South Carolina Pre-Trial Intervention Advisory Committee, 1980-1982. Appointed Advisory Committee, The Child Victim Court Notebook by the Governor, 1987. Member: South Carolina Legislative Committee on Indigent Defense, 1990-1995; South Carolina Uniform Jury Charge Project, Criminal Drafting Committee, 1991-1994; Chairman, South Carolina Criminal Docket Committee. Life Fellow, South Carolina Bar Foundation. Permanent Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American Academy of Appellate Lawyers; American Board of Criminal Lawyers.