Admitted
1984, North Carolina; 1985, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1989, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; 1991, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third C
Law School
Duke University, J.D., with honors, 1984
Law School Graduation Year
1984
College
Cornell University, A.B., with distinction, 1981
Memberships
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Antitrust) Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; The District of Columbia Bar.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient, James S. Bidlake Award. Administrative Editor, Law and Contemporary Problems, 1982-1984. Law Clerk to Judge Sam J. Ervin, III, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1984-1985. Author: Note, Construction Management and Design Build/Fast Track Construction: A Solution which Uncovers A Problem for the Surety, Law Contemp. Probs., Winter 1983; Plyer v. Due: Illegal Aliens and the Misguided Search for Equal Protection, 11 Hast. Const. L.Q. 599 (1984); In Search of a Remedy: Recognizing and Reducing the Risks in Fast Track Construction, Construction Law Adviser, September 1984, at 1. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.