Admitted: 1963, North Carolina; 1964, U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina; 1965, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1967, U.S. Supreme Court; 1975, U.S. Tax Court
Law School: Duke University, J.D.
Member: Rowan County, North Carolina (Member, Sections on: Real Property; General Practice; Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law; Business Law; Tax Law; Elder Law; Vice Chair, Senior Lawyers Division, 2010), Federal and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; American Judicature Society.
Biography: Law Clerk to Honorable L. Richardson Preyer and Honorable Edwin S. Stanley, 1963-1964. Counsel, Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, 1969-1972. Trustee, Catawba College, 1975-1985, 1987-2008. Trustee, Rowan Cabarrus Community College, 1994-2008. Member, Board of Directors, North Carolina Citizens for Business & Industry, 1998-2006. Member, Duke University Estate Planning Council, 1989. Member, Rowan Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees, 2003-2010, Chairman, 2007-2009. Member, Board of Visitors, Duke University Law School, 2004.
Born: Salisbury, North Carolina, October 17, 1938
MilitaryService: Capt., Judge Advocate, U.S. Air Force, 1964-1967