Admitted
1979, South Carolina, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, and U.S. Supreme Court.
Law School
University of South Carolina, J.D., cum laude, 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
University of Virginia, B.A., with high distinction, 1976
Memberships
Charleston County (President, 1999-2000) and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (House of Delegates, 1998—); American Judicature Society; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; American Board of Trial Advocates; South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association; South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association; Defense Research Institute; National Association of College and University Attorneys; American Society of Law and Medicine.
Biographical
Member, Society of Wig and Robe (Clerk of Court, 1978-1979). Member, 1977-1979 and Symposium Editor, 1978-1979, University of South Carolina Law Review. Honorary Doctor of Laws, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, 1993. Law Clerk to Hon. Sol Blatt, Jr., U.S. District Judge of South Carolina, 1979-1980.