Practice Areas:
- Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning
- Business & Corporate Law
- Elder Law
Professional Recognition
- Member, Winston-Salem Homebuilders Association, Associate of the Year-1991, Life Spike-1996
- Member, Winston-Salem Estate Planning Council, Vice President 1999-2000 and 2004-05, President 2006-2007
- Member, Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce Chairman, Ethics and Grievance Committee, Winston-Salem
- Homebuilders Association (1989-1991); Vice President (1991-92)
- Member, Board of Directors, Winston-Salem Homebuilders Association (1988- present)
- Member, North Carolina State Bar Association (including Wills and Probate, Real Property and Office Management Sections)
- Member, Forsyth County Bar Association
- Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law since 1991
- Member National Association of Estate Planners and Councils; Accredited Estate Planner since 1998
- Member, Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce
- Super Lawyer in areas of Estate Planning and Probate (2008)
Civic
- Director, President, State Director and Vice-President of Winston-Salem Jaycees (1977-1990)
- Chairman of Planning Committee and Legal Counsel for Incorporation Committee,
- Clemmons Community Development Council (1978-1990)
- Member and Trustee, Clemmons First Baptist Church (1982-1992)
- Most Outstanding local President in North Carolina Jaycees (1983)
- Distinguished Service Award from Winston-Salem Jaycees (1983)
- Associate Legal Counsel and Legal Counsel for North Carolina Jaycees (1983-1986)
- Selected to Outstanding Young Men of America (1984)
- JCI Senator (1986)
- Member (1986-1992), Assistant Secretary (1989-1990) and Secretary 1991-92
- State Board of Directors, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- Instructor, Time Management – ID College (1987)
- Board of Directors, Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) (2000-2003)
- Board of Directors, West Forsyth YMCA (2002-2008)
- Chairman of Board Development Committee and Executive Committee, West Forsyth Y (2004-2008)
- Board of Directors, Cancer Services, Winston-Salem, NC (Treasurer, 2013-present) (2011-present)
- Board of Trustees, Novant Health Services Foundation, Clemmons, NC (2015-present)
Education
- Wake Forest University, B.A. Chemistry, 1972
- Wake Forest University School of Law, (J.D.) (Law Review), 1977
- Admitted to NC State Bar – 1977

