Education

• J.D., West Virginia University College of Law (1978)
  • Managing Editor, West Virginia Law Review
• M. P. A., University of North Dakota (1975)
• A.B., Amherst College (1969)

Bar Admissions

• West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
• Supreme Court of the United States
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia

Affiliations

• West Virginia State Bar
• West Virginia Bar Association

Professional Highlights

• Named to Best Lawyers in America (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Government Relations Practice)
• Counsel of Record for Petitioner, Howard Delivery Service, Inc. v. Zurich American Insurance Co., 547 U.S. 651, 126 S.Ct. 2105, 165 L.Ed.2d 110 (2006)
• Registered West Virginia Lobbyist; Principal lobbyist for Bowles Rice
• Chancellor, Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia (1994-1999); Vice Chancellor (1989-1994)
• Former law clerk to West Virginia Senate Committee (Energy, Industry and Mining)
• United States Air Force (1969-1975)
• Pilot, B-52 Stratofortress (1972-1975)
• Trustee, St. Matthews Church

Government Relations

• Principal lobbyist since 1989 – 23 Regular Sessions of West Virginia Legislature
• Member of the Government Relations Committee of West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
• Local and National clients – Fortune 500

Bankruptcy

• Primarily creditor/business clients, but also Debtor reorganizations
• Represented Unsecured Creditors Committee in one of the largest coal company bankruptcy cases ever filed in Eastern District of Kentucky
• Practicing bankruptcy law since 1978, when the Bankruptcy Code was enacted