Admitted
1969, North Carolina; 1973, U.S. Tax Court; 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Fourth Circuits; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of North Carolina, J.D., 1969
Law School Graduation Year
1969
College
Duke University, A.B., 1964
Memberships
Gaston County, North Carolina (Member, Board of Governors, 1985-1988) and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; American Bankruptcy Institute.
Biographical
Co-Author and Lecturer: Bankruptcy and Taxes, Thirteenth Annual J. Nelson Young Tax Institute, 1994; Bankruptcy and Taxes, 10 Tax Management Real Estate Law Journal (October 5, 1994); Using Bankruptcy to Resolve Tax Liabilities Successfully, Mecklenburg County Bar Continuing Education (October 28, 1994); Crossing the Mine Field: Managing the Bankruptcy Case with Tax Liabilities, N.C. Bar Foundation 17th Annual Bankruptcy Institute (1994); Help is Available for the Insolvent Taxpayer, South Carolina Lawyer (March/April 1995); Property of the Bankruptcy Estate, North Carolina Bar Foundation, 19th Annual Bankruptcy Institute (1996); Refinancing Businesses and Investments with Bankruptcy, Management Accounting (February 1997); Bankruptcy: A ‘Refinancing’ Alternative for Tax Troubled Businesses and Investments, Business North Carolina 1997 Law Journal; Dealing With Debtors, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Charleston (April 1998); Hot Chapter 7 Trustee Issues, North Carolina Bar Foundation, 22nd Annual Bankruptcy Institute (1999); Selected Chapter 7 Issues, North Carolina Bar Foundation, 24th Annual Bankruptcy Institute (2001); Update of the Interrelationship of Domestic and Bankruptcy Law, Mecklenburg County Bar Continuing Education, Park City, Utah (January 2003). Member, United States Bankruptcy Trustee Panel, Western District of North Carolina, 1978—. (Board Certified Specialist in Bankruptcy Law by North Carolina State Board of Legal Specialization) (Board Certified Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law Specialist by American Bankruptcy Board of Certification)