Admitted
1982, Georgia, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit; 1986, North Carolina, U.S. District Court, Eastern Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
Law School
Duke University, J.D., 1982
Law School Graduation Year
1982
College
Vanderbilt University, B.S., Salutatorian, summa cum laude, 1978
Memberships
North Carolina State Bar; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, 1996—; President, Criminal Law Section, 1994-1995).
Biographical
Executive Editor, Duke Law Journal. Member, Moot Court Board, 1981-1982. Law Clerk for United States District Court Judge Harold L. Murphy, 1982-1984. Associate with Bobby Lee Cook, Sr., Cook & Palmour, Summerville, Georgia, 1984-1986. Listed in, The Best Lawyers in America, 1994—. Listed in the Best Lawyers in Charlotte, 1999—. Representative Articles: Filing A Civil Rights Action As Part Of An Aggressive Criminal Defense, The Champion, vol. XVI, No. 6 at 14-18, July 1992; Preserving The Record For Appeal, Trial, vol. 29, No. 3 at 58-62, March 1993; Health Care Fraud, Trial Briefs, at 10-12, Spring 1997.