Admitted
1979, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1986, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
West Virginia University, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
West Virginia University, B.A., 1976
Memberships
Kanawha County, West Virginia and American Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar; Defense Research Institute; Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia (Member, Board of Governors, 1992-1998).
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, West Virginia Law Review, 1978-1979. Author: “Clean Air Act supercedes Request for Injunctive Relief for Nuisance,” 5 Hazardous Waste and Toxic Torts, Law and Strategy, Number 11, April 1996; Torts; Parent's Recovery for Loss of Society and Companionship of Child, 80 West Virginia Law Review 340, 1978. Member, WVU College of Law Visiting Committee, 1996-2000. Member and Former Chairman, United States Selective Service Appeal Board for Southern District of West Virginia. Member, Board of Directors, American Law Firm Association, 1998-1999.