Admitted
1965, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina; 1967, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Law School
Wake Forest University, J.D., 1965
Law School Graduation Year
1965
College
Wake Forest University, B.S., 1959
Memberships
Craven County (3B District) and North Carolina Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, 1978-1981, 1983-1987); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; The American Board of Trial Advocates (President, 2002—); Eastern North Carolina Inn of Court (President, 1995).
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, Wake Forest Law School Outstanding Alumni Award, 1993. Research Assistant for Chief Justice Emery B. Denny, North Carolina Supreme Court and Associate Justice J. Will Pless, 1965-1966. Member: Wake Forest University Law Alumni Executive Committee, 1983-1986; Meredith College Board of Trustees, 1988-1992, 1994-1997, 1999—; Chairman, Board of Trustees Meredith College, 1996, 1997; Wake Forest University Law School Board of Visitors, 1992-1999. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Member, 1996-2000 and President, 1998-1999, Craven Regional Medical Center Foundation. Member, Craven Regional Medical Authority, 2001—; Vice-Chairman, 2002—. Formerly with: Beaman & Kellum; Beaman Kellum Mills & Kafer; Beaman Kellum Stallings & Hollows; Kd Jones. (Also at Jacksonville, Greenville, Rocky Mount and Goldsboro Offices)
Military
First Lt., 101st Airborne Military Intelligence Detachment, U.S. Army, 1960-1962