University Attended:
West Virginia University, B.S., 1983
Law School Attended:
West Virginia University, J.D., 1987
Year of First Admission:
1987
Admission:
1987, Florida; 1987, West Virginia; 1988, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1990, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1991, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida; 1991, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals; 2014, United States Supreme Court
Hobbies & interests:
Volk has a background of working in family-owned businesses, and this has been helpful in understanding how businesses are run. At the age of twelve, he went to work in his parents' beverage warehouse with tasks such as sweeping floors, loading, unloading, and cleaning trucks, working in the icehouse, forklift operation, and checking in drivers receipts and money. He continued to stay active in the family business affairs up through graduating law school.Other activities included helping with leasing, cleaning, and bookkeeping for commercial and residential rental properties; surface coal mining including operating and servicing trucks and machinery; the sale, delivery, installation, and servicing of manufactured homes; and construction of a mobile home park and commercial building.
While in the latter stages of the sale of a property I owned, I had an unexpected need for Legal representation in order to protect the transaction and more importantly, to avoid a protracted legal b...
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