Admitted
1975, California (inactive) and West Virginia; 1976, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1979, U.S. District Court, Southern District West Virginia; 1985 U.S. Supreme Court; 1993, U.S. Cour
Law School
University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law at Berkeley, J.D., 1974, Order of the Coif
Law School Graduation Year
College
Yale University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1969, Phi Beta Kappa
Memberships
West Virginia State (Chairperson, Employment Law Committee, 1992-1994) and American Bar Associations; West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors, 1995—; Executive Committee, 2000—); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Employment Lawyers Association; West Virginia Law Institute (Board of Directors, 1993—; President, 2002—); West Virginia Employment Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Adjunct Professor, Pretrial Litigation, West Virginia College of Law, 2000—. Mental Hygiene Commissioner, Monongalia County, 1986-1988. Member, Board of Directors, West Virginia Fund for Law in the Public Interest, 1987—. Member, 1997— and Chairperson, 2000—, West Virginia Lawyers Disciplinary Board. Consultant, Faculty Forensic Psychiatry Resident's Training Program, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, West Virginia University School of Medicine, 2001—. Attorney, North Central West Virginia Legal Aid Society, 1974-1981; Director, 1976-1981. Author: Medical Malpractice Legislation, The West Virginia Lawyer, January, 2003; So You Received A Complaint From The Lawyer Disciplinary Board. Is It Time To Flee The Jurisdiction? The West Virginia Lawyer, May, 2003. Sample Presentations: From Handshake to Headache: Ethical and Other Perils in Settlement Negotiations, West Virginia Continuing Legal Education, February 8, 2003; Lawyer Disciplinary Board: Friend or Foe (Panel Presentation), West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, January 17, 2003; Ethics, Etiquette and Ego in the Hardball Practice of Law, West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, June 2002; Navigating The Maze of Considerations in Negotiating a Settlement Agreement in Employment Litigation, West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, February 2000; Litigating Motions for Summary Judgment in the State and Federal Courts, West Virginia Continuing Legal Education, May 1998; The Practice of Law and Laws Prohibiting Discrimination, West Virginia Continuing Legal Education, August 29, 1997; Trying Wrongful Discharge Cases, West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Mid-Winter Meeting, February 1997; You and the Law (panel participant), WNPB TV/West Virginia University College of Law, July 1, 1995; Taxation of Damages in Employment Cases, West Virginia Continuing Legal Education, June 1995; Medical Malpractice Legislation, The West Virginia Lawyer, January, 2003.