Education

• J.D., Lewis & Clark College (1997)
• B.S., Syracuse University (1986)

Bar Admissions

• West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court
• Oregon Supreme Court
• U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia

Affiliations

• West Virginia State Bar
• Oregon State Bar
• Advisory Board Member, Northern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center
• Section Coordinator, American Bar Association’s Section on Environment, Energy and Resources Law Year-In-Review
• Vice-chair, American Bar Association’s Section Committee on Innovation, Managements Systems and Training
• Secretary, West Virginia Chapter of the Allegheny Mountain Section of the Air and Waste Management Association

Professional Highlights

• Licensed Professional Engineer in West Virginia, Virginia and Oregon
• General Counsel for the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (2002-2005)
• Presented “Energy Policy Act: Requirements for the Department of Defense and Strategies for Compliance,” Alternative Energy Now Conference, Orlando, FL, February 21, 2007
• Co-author, “West Virginia’s Enactment of The Uniform Environmental Covenant Act,” West Virginia Brownfield Risk and Rewards Conference, Charleston, WV, September 26, 2006
• Co-presented “Producer Beware: The European Union’s Directives Governing Electronic Goods May Limit Access to the EU Marketplace,” Environmental Law supplement to The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly, April 10, 2006
• Presented “Engineering Contracts: An Owner’s Perspective,” West Virginia Rural Water Association Annual Meeting, Snowshoe, WV, September 2003
• Co-author, “West Virginia’s Antidegradation Policy for State Waters: From Theoretical Construct to Implementation Procedures,” 103 W. Va. L. Rev. 331 (2001)