Admitted
1975, North Carolina, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Mississippi, J.D., with honors, 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
University of Maryland, B.A., 1969; East Carolina University, M.A., 1973
Memberships
North Carolina, Federal and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Board of Trial Advocacy.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Note Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1974-1975. Author: Case Note, Constitutional Law— Equal Protection— Providing Social Security Survivor's Insurance Benefits To Widows But Not To Widowers While Caring For Children Held Unconstitutional, 45 Mississippi Law Journal 1056, 1974. Chairman, Greenville Energy Commission, 1980-1981. Chairman of the Board, Pitt-Greenville Chamber of Commerce, 1983. Member, Pitt County Board of Elections, 1978-1982. Editorial Board, Journal of Pharmaceutical Development and Regulations, 2002-2003.