Bar Admissions
· West Virginia, 1983
· Alabama, 2007
· U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia
Education
· West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia
... J.D. - 1983
· St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, Maryland - 1978
... Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Classes/Seminars
· "Successful Adoptions" Presented with Psychotherapist Beth (Hughes) Noone
· "Juvenile Practice", WV Supreme Court of Appeals, GAL Training
· "Representing Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder", U of A, School of Social Work
· "Occupational Pneumoconiosis", MSHA - Black Lung Clinic Assn Annual Conf 2003, 2005
· "Bridge the Gap", WV State Bar Ethics Seminar
· National Business Institute: Workers Compensation
Professional Associations and Memberships
· American Bar Association, 1983 - Present
· West Virginia State Bar, 1983 - Present
· West Virginia State Bar, State Bar - Past Board of Governors, District 7
· West Virginia State Bar, State Bar - Past Chair YLS
· West Virginia State Bar, State Bar - Past Chair - Workers' Comp Commission
· Alabama Bar Association, 2007 - Present
· Logan County Bar Association, Past President, 1983 - Present
· West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals - Court Improvement Program
· West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 1987 - 2002
Pro Bono Activities
· Current Board Chair, Founding Member, Logan County Child Advocacy Center
· Civil Air Patrol, Safety Officer (Awarded Safety Officer of the Year 2011, AL Wing)
· Aircraft Owner & Pilots' Association
· Southern Poverty Law Center, 1984 - Present
· American Civil Liberties Union, 2000 - Present
· Kiwanis Club of Logan
· Past President - Kiwanis, Kiwanis Club of Logan
· First Presbyterian Church of Anniston, Youth Minister