Admitted
1988, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1990, Kentucky; 1994, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 1995, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
Law School
University of Kentucky, J.D., with distinction, 1988
Law School Graduation Year
1988
College
The Pennsylvania State University, B.S., 1976
Memberships
Pennsylvania (Member, Environmental, Mineral and Natural Resources Law Sections), Kentucky (Member, Natural Resources Law Section) and American (Member, Natural Resources Section) Bar Associations. Trustee-at-Large, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation.
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Book Award - Property. Articles Editor, Journal of Mineral Law and Policy, 1987-1988. Author: Attorney Fee Shifting, A Road Map for the Unwary: The SMCRA Example, Journal of Mineral Law and Policy, Vol. 4, No. 1 (1988); Coal Production-Environmental Impact of Coal Mining, Kentucky Mineral Law (Treatise) Ch. 3, Banks-Baldwin Law Publishing, 1986; Must Local Governments Flow Control Municipal Waste, Journal of Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Association (1986); Minimizing Environmental Risks in Commercial Real Estate Transactions, 4th Real Estate Law Institute, University of Kentucky CLE Faculty. Adjunct Professor, Environmental Law, University of Kentucky, 1995—. United States Delegate, USIS Project Environment and Sustainable Growth to S. Africa, Zimbabwe Uganda, 1996. Member, Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet Technical Advisory Committee, 1984-1985.