Admitted
1979, Ohio; 1980, West Virginia
Law School
Yale University, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
West Virginia University, B.A., with highest honors, 1975
Memberships
Kanawha County, West Virginia (Chairman, Administrative Law Section, 1981-1982; Chairman, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Committee, 1994-1997) and American (Member, Executive Board, ABA-YLD Special Committee on Securities Law, 1987-1988) Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, Ohio 1979-1980; Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love, 1980-1995 (Partner, 1983-1995; Head of Corporate/Public Finance, including municipal bonds, economic development, corporate finance and related securities work). Member of the Board, West Virginia Trust Fund, 1996-1997. Member, West Virginia Investment Management Board, 1997—. Author: Blue Sky Law Issues and Opinions, WVU-CLE Commercial Law Institute 1, February, 1985; Corporate and Finance Opinion Letters, WVU-CLE Commercial Law Institute II, October, 1987; Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Rules and Regulations, National Business Institute's Health Care Law, August, 1989; Regulatory Issues in the Purchase and Sale of a Business, WVU-CLE Commercial Law Institute III, October, 1989; Environmental Issues in the Purchase and Sale of a Business - The Buyer's Perspective, WVU-CLE Environmental Law for General Practitioners, February, 1990; Environmental Law in Business and Finance Transactions, WVU-CLE Environmental Law, September, 1991; Insider Trading, West Virginia Bankers Association Securities Law Seminar, August, 1991; Business and Banking Law Update, WVU-CLE Update on the Law, March, 1993; Corporate, Banking and Business Law Developments, WVU-CLE Update on the Law, April, 1993; National Business Institute's Stockbroker Fraud in West Virginia, October, 1999. Author: Damages and Recovery, and Ethical Considerations; Co-Author; Arbitration vs. Litigation. Co-Author, A Dialogue on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, 25 Villanova Law Review, 1979.