Areas of practice

  • Insurance defense
  • Civil litigation
  • Wills
  • Estates

Date of birth

  • April 29, 1963

Education

  • King College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1985)
  • University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 1988)

Memberships

  • Managing and Editorial Boards, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law
  • Clerk, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia, 1988–1989
  • Virginia, U.S. District Court and Western District of Virginia Bar Associations, 1989
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit Bar, 1989
  • Past President and Past Vice President, Russell County Bar Association
  • Past Member, Board of Directors, Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society
  • Tennessee Bar, 2008

Reported cases

  • Darnell v. McMurray, 89 F. 3d 827 (4th Cir. 1996)
  • Bolling, McCool & Twist v. Burke, 92 F.3d 1176 (4th Cir. 1996)
  • Leonard v. Fields, 791 F. Supp. 143 (W.D. Va. 1992)