University Attended:
Guilford College, B.A., 1973; University of North Carolina at Greensboro, M.A., 1976
Law School Attended:
Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary, LL.M., 1993; Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D., 1979
Year of First Admission:
1979
Admission:
1979, North Carolina (inactive); 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court; 1988, Virginia; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 1995, U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina and U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of North Carolina; 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina and U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of North Carolina; 1998, U.S. Tax Court; 1979, U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina
Hobbies & interests:
Vacuum tube audio equipment and vinyl records; food and wine; cooking; old houses; pork barbeque; reading in history and historical fiction; E30 BMWs.