Areas of practice

  • Civil litigation
  • Traffic offenses
  • Insurance defense
  • Medical malpractice defense

Date of birth

  • August 27, 1955

Education

  • Madison College (B.S., 1977)
    Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary (J.D., 1980)

Memberships

  • Virginia and U.S. District Court Bars, 1980
  • Assistant Commonwealth Attorney, Tazewell County, Virginia, 1980–1981
  • United States Supreme Court Bar, 1993
  • 10th District Ethics Committee, Section II, 1993–1996, Chairman, 1996
  • Board of Governors, Litigation Section, 1995–1996
  • Virginia State Bar and Bristol Bar Association
  • Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
  • Judicial Council Representative, 2004–2009
  • VSB Standing Committee for Unauthorized Practice of Law, Vice-Chair, 2008, Chair, 2009
  • Virginia Board of Bar Examiners, 2020