Admitted
1966, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Wake Forest College, LL.B., 1966
Law School Graduation Year
1966
College
Davidson College, A.B., 1960; University of North Carolina, M.B.A., 1961
Memberships
Forsyth County, North Carolina (Member, Board of Governors, 1997—) and American (House of Delegates, 1988-1992) Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar (Councilor, 1980-1984; Vice President, 1984-1985; President-Elect, 1985-1986; President, 1986-1987); North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (President, 1978-1979)
Biographical
Editor-in-Chief, Wake Forest Law Review, 1965-1966. Permanent Member, Judicial Conference of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. North Carolina Courts Commission (1982-1985). North Carolina Legal Services Corporation, Board of Directors (1981-1984). North Carolina Prepaid Legal Services Corporation, Board of Directors, (1984-1987). North Carolina State Bar Board of Continuing Legal Education (Chair, 1987-1990). North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission (Vice Chair, 1990-1996). Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group form the United States District Court, for the Middle District of North Carolina (Chair, 1991-1994). Founding Member, Chief Justice Joseph Branch Inns of Court, Business and Personal Injury Listing. Author: Note, Pretrial and Discovery, 5 Wake Forest Law Review 95 (1996). Listed: Best Lawyer in America, 1991—; Business North Carolina's Legal Elite, January 2002. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chair, 1993-1994).