Trial and appellate practice in state
and federal courts specializing in commercial, personal injury,
construction and insurance. Mediation experience also includes personal
injury, construction, Americans with Disability Act, government
contracts, and bankruptcy disputes.
Credentials
Professor, T.C. Williams School of Law, University
of Richmond. (Courses include lawyering skills, trial practice,
evidence and professional responsibility.)
Former Principal, Wright, Robinson, Osthimer
& Tatum, Richmond.
Former Assistant United States Attorney, Chief of Criminal Section.
Former Law Clerk, Honorable Harrison L. Winter, United States
Court
of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Certified Mediator, Supreme Court of Virginia,
since 1997.
Member, Virginia State Bar/Virginia Bar Association
Joint Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Faculty Member, Professionalism Course, Virginia
State Bar.
Lecturer on insurance, evidence and trial advocacy
topics for the Department of Justice, Mid-Atlantic Judicial Conference,
and Professional Educational Systems.
Instructor, The Management Institute, University
of Richmond (Negotiation Skills for Business Managers).
Author, Stacking of Uninsured and Underinsured
Motor Vehicle Coverages, University of Richmond Law Review,
1989.
Author, Note: Enforcing the Right to an
"Appropriate" Education: The Education for All Handicapped
Children Act of 1975, Harvard Law Review, 1979.
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1980. Editor, Harvard
Law Review.
Dartmouth College, B.A., 1977. Phi Beta Kappa.
