Admitted
1976, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia
Law School
West Virginia University, J.D., 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
University of Vienna, Austria, 1970-1971; Dickinson College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1972
Memberships
West Virginia State Bar (Member: Ad Hoc Committee on Judicial Selection, 1990-1995; Committee on Legal Ethics Hearing Panel, 1991-1994); Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference; American Board of Trial Advocates (President, West Virginia Chapter, 2001—).
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, West Virginia Law Review. Recipient: Patrick Duffy Koontz Award; Phi Alpha Delta Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award. Author: Criminal Intent in the Regulatory Context: A Post-Staples Study in Supreme Court Precedent, 16 E. Min. L. Ins. Ch. 1, 1997. Panelist, Representing the ‘Corporate Criminal’ - Special Problems and Ethical Considerations, 13 E. Min. L. Inst. Ch. 1, 1992. Instructor, Attorney General's Civil Trial Advocacy Course, 1981. U.S. Attorney, Southern District of West Virginia, 1994-2001. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of West Virginia, 1977-1981. Chief of the Civil Division, 1979-1981 and Appellate Coordinator, 1980-1981, U.S Attorney's Office. Member: Advisory Committee on Rules and Procedures of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1995-2001; Board of Directors, Charleston Legal Aid Society, 1983-1993; Committee on Local Rules and Subcommittee on Criminal Rules, 1992 and Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee, 1991, Southern District of West Virginia.