Admitted
1979, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
West Virginia University, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
West Virginia University, B.A., 1976
Memberships
Kanawha County and West Virginia Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif; Phi Alpha Delta. Associate Editor, West Virginia Law Review, 1978-1979. Law Clerk, United States Circuit Judge, James M. Sprouse, Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1979-1980. President, West Virginia Law School Association, 1995-1996.