Admitted
1983, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1990, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Dayton, J.D., cum laude, 1983
Law School Graduation Year
1983
College
University of Dayton, B.S., 1980
Memberships
Kanawha County (Member, Executive Committee 2001—) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Health Law; Tort and Insurance; Medicine and Law Committee) Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar (Board of Governors, 2002—; Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1999-2002; Member, Law and Medicine Committee, 2001—); Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia (Member, Board of Governors, 2000—); Defense Research Institute; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; International Association of Defense Counsel; St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Society.
Biographical
Member, 1981-1983 and Comments Editor, 1982-1983, University of Dayton Law Review. Assistant Adjunct Professor, West Virginia University School of Medicine. Author: Note, The Adjustment of Awards for Lost Future Earning Capacity to Compensate for Inflation and Increased Productivity, 7 University of Dayton Law Review 139, 1981; Hospital Liability in West Virginia, 95 W. Va. L. Rev. 943, 1993; A Practical View of Farley v. Sartin, 99 W. Va. L. Rev. 263, 1996. Co-Author: Hurney and Campbell, Rule 11 Sanctions in State and Federal Courts in West Virginia, 90 W. Va. L. Rev. 417, 1987-1988; Co-Author, Hurney and Aliff, Medical Professional Liability in West Virginia, 105 West Virginia Law Review 369 (2003).