Admitted
1982, District of Columbia; 1984, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1991, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia
Law School
Georgetown University, J.D., 1981
Law School Graduation Year
1981
College
West Virginia University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1978
Memberships
West Virginia State Bar; West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Pi Sigma Alpha; Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha. Member: 1980 World Championship Team, Jessup Cup International Moot Court Competition; Barrister's Council; American Criminal Law Review, 1979-1981. Law Clerk to the Honorable Thomas B. Miller, Justice, West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, 1983-1985. Instructor, Legal Research, University of Charleston, 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1989.