Education

• J.D., Tulane University (1989)
  • Justice, Moot Court Board of Review
  • Inns of Court
• M.B.A., University of New Orleans (1985)
• B.S., Aligarh Muslim University, India (1982)

Bar Admissions

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

Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• Kanawha County Bar Association
• Kentucky Bar Association
• West Virginia Bar Association
• West Virginia State Bar

Professional Highlights

• Sampling of clients represented with success: Allstate Insurance Company; Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.; Cross-Country Bank; Encompass Insurance Company; Engelhard Corp.; Friedman’s Inc.; Huntington Banks; Manitowoc, Inc.; McJunkin Corp.; McNeil Inc.; Merrill Lynch; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Monsanto Company; R.J. Reynolds; Schering-Plough; Sears, Roebuck & Co.; State Farm Insurance Company; Sto Corp.; Wells Fargo; Williams Union Boiler.
• Kanawha Pastoral Counseling Center, President, Board of Directors (2009-2010)
• Leadership West Virginia (2002)
• Leadership Charleston (1998)
• Trial Advocacy Institute, University of Virginia (1998)
• Fluent in the languages of Hindi and Urdu

Publications and Presentations

• CLE speaker on law and medicine and federal litigation 
• Articles:
  • “My Adventures as a Minority Lawyer,” Views & Visions (Fall 2011)
  • "Mold Litigation:  A Growing Issue," Views & Visions (Fall 2003)
  •  "The Changing Toxic Tort Litigation Landscape in West Virginia," Views & Visions (co-authored with C.M. Love, III) (Winter 2002) 
  • "The Internet Gets First Amendment Protection," Views & Visions (Fall 1997)
  • "The Duty to Instruct and Warn in Products Liability," Views & Visions (Fall 1994)