Admitted
1982, NC; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Law School
Vanderbilt Univ., J.D., 1982
Law School Graduation Year
1982
College
Univ. of Tennessee, B.A., cum laude, 1973; Univ. of Kentucky
Memberships
NC (Chair: Technology Advisory Committee, 1991-1996; Intellectual Property Section, 1999-2000; Member, Long Range Planning Committee, 2000—) and American (Member and Chair Elect, 2001-2002, Science and Technology Section) Bar Associations.
Biographical
Recipient: Law Review Award, 1982; The Morgan Prize, 1983. Executive Articles Editor, The Vanderbilt Law Review, 1981-1982. Clerk to Senior Judge Eugene A. Gordon, U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina, 1982-1983.