Admitted
1972, West Virginia; 1973, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals for
Law School
West Virginia University, J.D., 1972
Law School Graduation Year
1972
College
West Virginia University, B.S.E.E., 1969
Memberships
West Virginia State Bar; Kentucky and American (Member, Section on: Natural Resources and Environmental Law) Bar Associations.
Biographical
Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 1991—. Author: Ozone Transport: Will Midwestern Utilities Pay to Clean up Air in the Northeast, 18 Eastern Min. L. Inst., 1997; Water Quality Standards: Their Development and Application to Natural Resource Activities, 17 Eastern Mineral L. Inst., 1996; Consolidated Environmental Regulation in West Virginia, 97 W. Va. L. Rev. 401, 1995; Abandoned Well Initiatives: An Examination of Recently Enacted Legislation in the Eastern United States, 14 Eastern Min. L. Foundation 20, 1993; The Environmental Regulatory Dilemma of the Oil and Gas Industry, 9 Eastern Min. L. Inst. 15, 1988; Hazardous Waste Management Act - Closing The Circle, 84 W. Va. L. Rev. 347, 1982. Chairman, Environmental Committee, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce. Member, Board of Trustees, Eastern Mineral Law Foundation. Commissioner, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO); Chairman, West Virginia Chapter of the Air and Waste Management Association, 2003-2004.