Practice Areas
- Retired
Professional Recognition
- Martindale-Hubbell Rating “AV” Preeminent peer ratings
- Best Lawyers in America, 2001-2020
- North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2007-2017
- Insurance Coverage
- North Carolina Legal Elite-Litigation, 2006-2013
- Best Lawyers in America Lawyer of the Year in Medical Malpractice Defense for the Greensboro (including Winston-Salem) area, 2013
- Robert Elster Award for Professional Excellence, North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, 2012
Education
- Member, Board of Editors, Wake Forest Law Review, 1973-1974
- Wake Forest University (B.A., 1968; J.D., cum laude, 1974)
Clerkships
- Law Clerk to the Honorable Hiram H. Ward, U.S. District Judge, Middle District of North Carolina, 1974-1976
Memberships
- Forsyth County, 21st Judicial District and North Carolina Bar Associations
- North Carolina State Bar (21st Judicial District Councilor, 1995-2001
- Chair, North Carolina Bar Association Bench Bar Liaison Committee (2006-2008)
- North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (Member, Board of Directors, 1991-2001; Secretary-Treasurer, 1992-1994; Secretary, 1995-1997; Executive Vice President, 1997-1998; President-Elect, 1998-1999; President, 1999-2000)
Civic Activities
- Hospice and Palliative CareCenter (now Trellis Supportive Care) [Board of Directors 1992-1993; Vice Chair, Board of Directors 1994; Chair, Board of Directors 1995-1996; Executive Committee of Board of Directors, 1997-2005, 2007-2019, 2022 to present; Vice Chair, Board of Directors, 2009-2010; Chair, Board of Directors, 2011-2012]; Past Chair, Board of Directors, 2013-2014; Board of Directors, 2021-present.
- Arbor Acres, [Board of Directors 2007 to 2011; Chair, Building and Grounds Committee, 2008 to 2011; Vice Chair, Board of Directors, 2010-2011]
- Centenary United Methodist Church [Board of Trustees 1993-1994; Chair, Board of Trustees, 1995-1998
- Rotary Club of Winston-Salem
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina State Bar, 1974
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- United States District Courts
- Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina
