Admitted
1979, West Virginia; 1989, Kentucky; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
West Virginia University, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
West Virginia University, A.B., magna cum laude, 1976
Memberships
Cabell County, West Virginia, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar; Defense Research Institute; Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia (Member, Board of Governors, 1997; President, 2000); West Virginia Law Institute (Member, Governing Council, 1989—).
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, West Virginia Law Review, 1978-1979; Member, Moot Court Board. Lecturer: West Virginia University College of Law Continuing Legal Education Series, 1990-1991,1995. Special Commissioner, Circuit Court of Cabell County. Hearing Examiner, Huntington Human Relations Commission. Member, Visiting Committee, West Virginia University College of Law, 1994-1998. Member, Development Counsel, West Virginia College of Law, 2002—. Mediator, Civil Litigation.