Admitted: 1975, South Carolina; 1979, District of Columbia; 1981, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Law School: University of South Carolina, J.D.
College: Belmont Abbey College, B.A., 1968
Member: South Carolina Bar; Resolution of Fee Disputes Board for the South Carolina Bar.
Biography: Chief Public Defender for Charleston County, SC 1980-82 & 1988-91; Assistant Federal Defender for the District of South Carolina 1991-96; Listed continuously in the Best Lawyers in America for criminal defense from 1997 to the present; Faculty Member, Trial Practice Institute, National Criminal Defense College, 1992 & 1995; Adjunct Professor, Political Science, The Citadel, 1992 & 1994. Member and Administrative Law Judge, South Carolina Occupational Health and Safety Review Board, 1988-1991.
Born: Washington, D.C
MilitaryService: Sgt., U.S. Army, 1969-1971; Vietnam, 1970-1971