Admitted
1979, West Virginia, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia and U.S. Court of Military Appeals
Law School
Howard University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
West Virginia State College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1975
Memberships
Mountain State Bar Association.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi; Alpha Phi Alpha. Case Note Editor, Howard Law Journal 1978-1979. Author: Military Law—A Summary Court-Martial Conducted as a Disciplinary Proceeding in which the Accused is not Represented by Qualified Counsel does not Result in a Criminal Conviction for any Purpose, United States v. Booker, 22 Howard Law Journal 497, 1979; Children Can Be Witnesses Too: A Discussion of the Preparation and Utilization of Child-Witnesses in Court-Martial, The Army Lawyer, March, 1983; Deposing Expert Witnesses, W.Va. Bar Journal, 1994; He Ain't Senile He's My Grand Pa, 1998. Acting Director, Magistrate Courts of West Virginia, 1980. Municipal Judge, City of Nitro, 1997—.
Military
Capt. U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1980-1983; Maj. (Judge Advocate) West Virginia Natio