Areas of practice

  • Insurance defense
  • Civil litigation
  • Criminal defense

Date of birth

  • October 24, 1960

Education

  • East Tennessee State of University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1981)
  • University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D. with honors, 1983), Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Kappa Phi

Memberships

  • Assistant Commonwealth Attorney, Lee County, 1988–1991
  • Virginia, U.S. District Court and Western District of Virginia Bar Associations, 1984
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit Bar, 1984
  • Past President, Lee County Bar Association
  • Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
  • Tennessee Bar, 2002

Reported cases

  • Comm. v. Burgan, 19 Va. App. 172, 450 S.E.2nd 177 (1994)