Admitted: 1968, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Law School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D.
Member: Sampson County, Fourth Judicial District and North Carolina Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, 1981-1987); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Biography: Delta Theta Phi. Member, Holderness Moot Court Bench, 1967. Author: "The Elements of Proof and Procedure," North Carolina Department of Justice, 1972. Visiting Professor of Law, Motor Vehicle Law, Campbell University School of Law, 1982. City Attorney, City of Clinton, North Carolina, 2001. Assistant District Attorney, 1968-1972. Statewide Special Prosecutor. Legal Advisor, State Bureau of Investigation. Member: North Carolina Criminal Code Commission, 1969-1973; North Carolina Fair Sentencing Commission, 1979-1981. North Carolina Assistant Attorney General, 1972-1973. County Attorney, Sampson County, 1975-1978. Asst. Attorney General, State-wide Prosecutor, Legal Advisor to North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. Attorney, Sampson Memorial Hospital, 1973-1998. North Carolina General Statutes Commission, 1982. Member, Board of Trustees, UNC Law Alumni Association, 2000-2006.
Born: Elizabethtown, North Carolina, July 20, 1943