Admitted
1999, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 1999
Law School Graduation Year
1999
College
Concord College, B.A., 1996
Memberships
Marion County, West Virginia and American Bar Associations; The West Virginia State Bar; Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia; Defense Research Institute.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi (President, 1998-1999). Member, 1997-1999 and Associate Articles Editor, 1998-1999, West Virginia Law Review. Circuit Court Law Clerk, 16th Judicial Circuit, Fairmont, West Virginia, 1999-2001. Author: Regulatory Violations in the Mining Industry: Mountaintop Removal Mine Valley Fills Violate the Federal Clean Water Act, The National Coal Issue, 100 W.Va. L. Rev. 691, 1998; Deficient Exercise of Primacy: There Is Justification For Revoking the DEP's Primacy Over Surface Mining Regulation in West Virginia, The National Coal Issue, 104 W.Va. L. Rev., 1999. Articles Editor: Awarded Most Outstanding Contribution to the Publication of Volume 100 of the West Virginia Law Review, 1998; Eastern Mineral Law Foundation Scholarship, 1998-1999; Who's Who: American Law Students, 1996-1999. Special Court Commissioner, Circuit Court of Marion County, West Virginia. Judge, Marion County Teen Court.