Education

• J.D., University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law (1990)
  • Moot Court Board of Review
  • American Jurisprudence Book Awards, Real Estate and Contract Law
• B.A., Stetson University (1987)

Bar Admissions

• West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• West Virginia State Bar
• West Virginia Bar Association
• Kanawha County Bar Association
• West Virginia Independent Oil and Gas Association
• Energy & Mineral Law Foundation
• West Virginia Coal Association
• Michael Late Benedum Chapter of Petroleum Landmen
• West Virginia Joint Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources
• Real Property section of the West Virginia State Bar

Professional Highlights

• Former Vice President General Counsel to coal company INR Energy, LLC prior to its sale to Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. and Vice President General Counsel to Natural Resources International, LLC