Admitted
1980, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern District of West Virginia; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
West Virginia University, J.D., 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
West Virginia University, A.B., magna cum laude, 1977
Memberships
West Virginia State Bar (Member, Committees on: Environmental Law; Employment Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution); American Bar Association (Member, Committees on: Labor and Employment Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution).
Biographical
Author: Potential Criminal Liability in the Coal Fields Under the Clean Water Act: A Defense Perspective, 95 West Virginia L.Rev. 691, 1993. Law Clerk to Justice Thomas Miller Supreme Court of Appeals, West Virginia.