Admitted
1969, Georgia; 1973, South Carolina; U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Law School
Harvard University, J.D., 1969
Law School Graduation Year
1969
College
Furman University, B.A. in History, cum laude, 1966
Memberships
Greenville County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (Member: House of Delegates; Pro Bono Program, Real Estate Section); State Bar of Georgia.
Biographical
Blue Key. Recipient: History Award; Faculty Excellence Award. Judge, Moot Court Finals, USC Law School, 1974-1975. Winning Oralist, Ames Moot Court Competition, 1969. President of Student Body, Faculty. Co-Author: Chapter, Oral Advocacy, S.C. Appellate Practice Manual. Seminars, Legal Opinions - Borrower's Perspective, January, 1996 and South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank - An Overview, January, 1999, South Carolina Bar. Associate, Alston, Miller & Gaines, Atlanta, GA, 1971-1972. Associate, 1972-1975 and Member, 1975-1998, Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, P.A., Greenville, SC. Member, Board of Directors: American Petroleum Management Corporation, 1985—; Evergreen Resources, Inc., 1988—. South Carolina Chair, Harvard Law School Fund, 1973-1976. Legal Division Chair, Greenville United Way, 1974. President, Citizens for Greenville (local political initiatives), 1975-1977. President, Greenville Central Area Partnership (downtown revitalization), 1982-1983, 1987-1988. Member, Board of Trustees: Carolina Piedmont Foundation, USC-Spartanburg, 1989-1996; Lees-McRae College, 1990-1993. Member, Reedy River Basin Task Force, City of Greenville, 1990-1991. Member, Board of Governors since 1990 and Past President, Thornblade Club. Member, Board of Trustees, Furman University, 1996—. General Counsel, S.C. Transportation Infrastructure Bank, 1997—. Member, Board of Directors, 1997— and General Counsel, 1997, Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce. Member, Board of Directors and President, Children's Museum of the Upstate, 1998-1999. Former President, Furman University Alumni Association. Listed in the Real Estate Section of The Best Lawyers in America, 1993-2000.
Military
Capt., U.S. Army, 1969-1971