Admitted
1974, South Carolina; 1976, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Law School
University of South Carolina, J.D., 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
University of South Carolina, B.S., 1971
Memberships
Greenville County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (Chair, Committee on Judicial Qualifications, 2001-2002); South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association (President, 1994); Defense Research Institute (Member, Board of Directors, 2002—); American Board of Trial Advocates.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi (President, 1973-1974). Instructor, Attorney General's Advocacy Institute, Washington, D.C., 1979. Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond, Washington, D.C., 1974-1975. Counsel to the Minority, Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, 1975-1976. Assistant U.S. Attorney, South Carolina, 1976-1980. Member, 1988-1993 and Chair, 1991-1993, South Carolina State Ethics Commission.