Education

• J.D., Tulane University (1975)
• Order of the Coif
• Member and Assistant Editor of Tulane Law Review
• B.A., Newcomb College of Tulane University (1972)
• Magna Cum Laude
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Member of: Asset (Sophomore Honorary); Mortar Board (Senior Honorary); Omicron Delta Kappa
• Outstanding Senior Award

Bar Admissions

• West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
• U.S. Supreme Court
• 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 Defense Trial Counsel

Professional Highlights

• Experience in toxic exposure civil litigation including products, premise and employer liability since 1981
• Special workers’ compensation emphasis on occupational disease and pneumoconiosis claims
• Assisted in drafting the Business Coalition workers’ compensation reform legislation (2003)
• Chair, West Virginia State Bar Workers’ Compensation Committee (2001-2004)
• Named to Best Lawyers in America (Workers’ Compensation Law); 1995 to Present