Admitted
1977, South Carolina
Law School
University of South Carolina, J.D., 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
University of South Carolina, B.S., 1971
Memberships
Spartanburg County (Member, Grievance Committee, 1983-1985) and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Association of College and University Attorneys, 1978-1982; Spartanburg Young Lawyers Association (Chairman, 1978-1979; Vice Chairman, 1981-1983; Vice Chairman, Seventh Judicial Circuit General Sessions Committee, 1983-1986; Member, Seventh Judicial Circuit Common Pleas Committee, 1995-2000).
Biographical
Instructor, Converse College Legal Internship Program, 1978-1980. Member, Spartanburg County Public Defender Board of Commissioners, 1979-1982 and 1992-1997. President, University of South Carolina New Carolinians, 1981-1982. States Reorganization Committee on Prison Overcrowding, 1983-1994 and Subcommittee on Intensive Supervision, 1983-1994. Member, Committee to Honor South Carolina Chief Justice, 1984. Member, Committee to Honor Federal Judge G. Ross Anderson, Jr., 2000-2001. Vice-President, University of South Carolina Alumni Association, Seventh Judicial Circuit, 1987-1989. Member: State of South Carolina Sentencing Guidelines Commission, Governor's Appointee, 1989-1995; Vice-Chairman, 1992-1995; Chief Justice's Bench-Bar Committee, Seventh Judicial Circuit, 1992-1994. Appointed Member, South Carolina Bar, Judicial Qualifications Committee, 1994-1996. Listed in: Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 1999-2001; Strathman's Who's Who, 1999-2001 and Marque's Who's-Who in America, 2000-2001; The Best Lawyers in America, 1999-2001, 2002.