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Admission Details

  • Admitted in 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth and Fourth Circuits
  • 1975, U.S. Military Court of Appeals
  • 1974, North Carolina
  • 1980, Virginia

Law School Attended


• University of North Carolina, Class of 1974, J.D.

University Attended


• University of Maryland, Class of 1971, B.A.

Birth Information

  • Hot Springs, Arkansas, November 26, 1949

Military

  • Capt., JAGD, USAF, 1974-1979

Associations & Memberships

  • Wise County (President, 1988-1989
    10th District Presenter, Ethic's Committee Continuing Legal Education), Virginia Bar Association
  • Virginia State Bar
  • Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys

Representative Cases

  • Pocahontas Mining, L.L.C. v. Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation, 556 S.E.2 769 (2002)
  • Standard Banner Coal Corp. v. Rapoca Energy Co., LP, 576 S.E.2d 43 (2003)
  • Graham v. Island Creek Coal Co., 184 F.Supp. 2d 511 W.D. Va. (2002)
  • Herndon v. Massachusetts General Life Insurance Co., 28 F.Supp. 2d 379, W.D. Va. (1998)
  • Herndon v. St. Mary's Hospital, 587 S.E. 2d 567 Va. (2003)