Regulatory and administrative law, personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability, contracts, general commercial, antitrust, employment, trusts and estates, consumer, construction, real estate, professional liability, condemnation, and environmental law.
Credentials
Justice, Supreme Court of Virginia, 1989-2007.
Judge, Virginia State Corporation Commission, 1985-1989.
Former Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia.
Former Assistant Chief, Office of the Attorney General of Texas.
Former Staff Attorney, Texas Legislative Council.
Former Adjunct Professor, T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond.
Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.
Recipient, Gerald L. Baliles Distinguished Service Award, Virginia Bar Association.
Recipient, Robert R. Merhige, Jr., Outstanding Achievement Award, John Marshall American Inn of Court, 2002.
Chair, Board of Governors, Administrative Law Section, Virginia State Bar.
Chair, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar responsible for law school accreditation, American Bar Association.
Member, Advisory Board, Central and East European Law Initiative (CEELI), American Bar Association.
University of Virginia School of Law, LL.M.
University of Texas Law School, J.D.
Saint Mary’s College, B.A.
