Education

• J.D., West Virginia University College of Law (1975)
  • Order of the Barristers
  • Member, Moot Court Team
• B.A., West Virginia University (1968)

Affiliations

• West Virginia State Bar

Bar Admissions

• U.S. Supreme Court
• West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third, Fourth and Sixth Circuits
• U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia

Professional and Community Highlights

• Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
• Member of the American Employment Law Council
• Named to Best Lawyers in America published by Woodward/White 
• Selected for inclusion in the 2007 and 2008 editions of West Virginia Super Lawyers
• Listed in Chambers USA’s America’s Leading Business Lawyers
• “AV” Martindale-Hubbell Rating
• Member, West Virginia University College of Law Visiting Committee
• Former Member, Board of Trustees West Virginia Public Theatre, Morgantown, West Virginia
• Former Member of the Executive Board of the Buckskin Council of the Boy Scouts of America
• Former Chairman, Public Defender Corporation for Kanawha County
• Former Chairman and Board Member, Educational Broadcasting Authority
• Former Chairman and Board Member, Friends of West Virginia Public Radio
• Former Board Member, West Virginia Public Broadcasting Foundation, Inc.
• Past President, Charleston Fund for the Arts
• Former Board Member, Charleston Light Opera Guild
• Former Captain in the U.S. Army, Special Forces, Vietnam Veteran
• Eagle Scout
• Read Aloud Volunteer