Admitted
1985, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1993, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
West Virginia University, J.D., 1985
Law School Graduation Year
1985
College
Salem College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1982
Memberships
West Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia; Defense Research Institute.
Biographical
Gamma Beta Phi. Member, Order of the Barristers. Member, Editorial Board, West Virginia Law Review. Author: W. Powell and M. Cimino, Prosecutorial Discretion Under The Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Is The Fox Guarding The Hen House? 97 W.Va. L.Rev. 373 (1995). Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of West Virginia, 1990-1992.