Education

• J.D., West Virginia University College of Law (1977)
  • Order of the Coif
  • Order of the Barristers
  • National Moot Court Team
• B.A., Michigan State University (1973)
  • With High Honors

Bar Admissions

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

Affiliations

• West Virginia State Bar
• West Virginia Council of School Attorneys
• St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Society
• National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys
• Education Law Association
• National Association of College and University Attorneys  

Professional Highlights

• Leader, Bowles Rice Education Law Practice Group
• Member, Bowles Rice Executive Committee
• Named to Best Lawyers in America (Education Law)
• Member, U.S. Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
• Former Law Clerk to Hon. John A. Field, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Founding Member and Past President, West Virginia Council of School Attorneys
• West Virginia State Bar Education Law Committee
• Counsel to West Virginia School Boards Association
• Vice Chairman and Research Committee Chair, The Education Alliance
• Officer and Board Member, West Virginia Mansion Preservation Foundation
•  Chair, West Virginia University Social Justice Visiting Committee