Admitted
1984, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1986, Kentucky, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals
Law School
University of Kentucky, J.D., with distinction, 1984
Law School Graduation Year
1984
College
Washington & Lee University, B.S., magna cum laude, 1981
Memberships
Kentucky and American Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Uniform Commercial Code and Professional Responsibility. Co-Author: Avoidance of Disputes Between the Surface Owner and the Coal Owner/Operator through Properly Drafted Severance Deeds, Leases, Subsidence Agreements and other Instruments, 9 Eastern Min. L. Inst. 6-1 (1988).