Areas of Practice

• 100% Criminal Defense

Litigation Percentage

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina, 1974
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 1980
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1990

Education

• Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, 1974
  J.D.
  
  
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1971
  B.A.
  Honors: Summa Cum Laude
  Honors: Phi Kappa Phi
  Honors: Alpha Lambda Delta
  Major: History
  Major: Latin
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• CLE by NC Academy of Trial Lawyers - Numerous, 1976 - Present

Honors and Awards

• NACDL Champion of Indigent Defense, 2001
• NLADA Reginald Herber Smith Award for Indigent Defense, 2001

Professional Associations and Memberships

• North Carolina State Bar, 1974 - Present
  Member
  
  
• North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1974 - Present
  Member
  
  
• North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
  Past President
  
  
• North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
  Past PAC Chair
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Office of the Public Defender - Twelfth District, State of North Carolina, Assistant Public Defender, 1974 - 1976
• Office of the Public Defender - Twelfth District, State of North Carolina, Public Defender, 1976 - 1993

Pro Bono Activities

• North Carolina Indigent Defense Services Commission, 2001 - Present

Fraternities/Sororities

• Chi Omega

Birth Information

• March 26, 1949, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America