Admitted
1971, North Carolina; 1974, U.S Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of North Carolina, J.D., 1971
Law School Graduation Year
1971
College
Davidson College, B.A., 1965
Memberships
Mecklenburg County, Wake County and North Carolina (Member, Board of Governors; Chair, Commission on Race Relations) Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (President, 1989-1990; Vice President, Legislation, 1987-1988; Vice President, Public Service, 1986-1987; Chair, Victims Rights Committee, 1985-1986); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; International Society of Barristers; American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Eastern North Carolina Chapter, 1997-1999); Chief Justice Sharp Inn of Court (President, 1996-1997); American College of Trial Lawyers (Member, State Committee).
Biographical
Recipient: Chief Justice Walter Clark Award, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1995; Lawyer of the Year Award, North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, 1998. Law Clerk to Susie M. Sharp, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, 1971-1972. Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 2000. Listed, Best Lawyers In America, 1984. Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy, University of North Carolina School of Law, 1983-2001. Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy, Duke University School of Law, 1989-2002. Adjunct Professor, Civil Rights, North Carolina Central University School of Law, 1983-1988. Instructor, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1979-2001 in U.S. and South Africa. Author: Coastal Land Use Development: A Proposal for Cumulative Area-Wide Zoning, 49 North Carolina Law Review 866, 1971.