Admitted
1969, North Carolina, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Fourth Circuits; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of North Carolina, J.D., 1969
Law School Graduation Year
1969
College
North Carolina State University, B.A., 1966; North Carolina State University, L.H.D., 1995; Campbell
Memberships
Wake County, North Carolina (Vice President, 1986-1987) and American Bar Associations.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi. Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court, 1995-1999; Associate Justice, 1982-1994; North Carolina Secretary of Crime Control and Public Safety (Governor's Cabinet), 1979-1982; Judge, Court of Appeals, North Carolina, 1977-1979; District Attorney, Tenth Judicial District, North Carolina (Raleigh), 1972-1977; Assistant Attorney General, North Carolina, 1969-1972. ABA Presidential Task Force on Corporate Responsibility, 2002; Board of Visitors. North Carolina State University, 2002—; Vice Chair, North Carolina Progress Board, 1999—; Chair, Governor's Advisory Board of Prisons and Punishment (appointed by Governor James Martin-R), 1989-1992; Governor's Crime Commission (appointed by Governor James Hunt-D), 1977-1994, (Chairman, 1977-1979); North Carolina Court's Commission, 1983-1990; North Carolina News Media Administration of Justice Council, 1976-1986.
Military
U.S. Navy, 1958-1962