Admitted
1970, West Virginia
Law School
West Virginia University, J.D., 1970
Law School Graduation Year
1970
College
West Virginia University, B.A., 1967
Memberships
Raleigh County (Secretary-Treasurer, 1972; Vice President, 1988; President, 1990), West Virginia and American Bar Associations; The West Virginia State Bar (Member, Board of Governors, 1978-1981); Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association; American Board of Trial Advocates; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia (President, 1994).
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Member, Student Board of Editors, West Virginia Law Review, 1969-1970. Law Clerk Hon. John A. Field, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1970-1971. City Attorney, Hinton, West Virginia, 1981. Chairman, West Virginia State Bar Committee on Continuing Legal Education, 1984-1987. Co-Chairman, West Virginia State Bar Committee on Alternate Dispute Resolution, 1989-1992. Member of Faculty, University of Virginia Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1986-2003. Recipient: University of Virginia College of Law, William J. Brennan Award; West Virginia State Bar Certificate of Merit, 1987.