Civil litigation including personal injury, professional malpractice, product liability, employment, wills and trusts, condemnation/eminent domain, construction, banking and finance, local government, business torts, telecommunications, and organizational disputes. Mediation experience in Virginia, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Florida.
Credentials
Judge, 18th Judicial Circuit Court of Alexandria, 1968-84;
Chief Judge, 1979-84.
Former Counsel, Hazel & Thomas, P.C., Alexandria, 1984-96.
Former Partner, Clarke, Richard, Moncure & Whitehead, Alexandria, 1959-68.
Former Law Clerk, Honorable Albert V. Bryan, Sr., United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1958-59.
Certified Mediator, Supreme Court of Virginia.
Former Member, Virginia State Bar/Virginia Bar Association Joint Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Former Vice Chair, Executive Committee, Judicial Conference of Virginia.
Former Member, Judicial Council of Virginia.
Former Master, George Mason Inn of Court.
Former Counsel and Former Board Member, Alexandria Chamber of Commerce.
Fellow, American Bar Foundation and Virginia Law Foundation.
Former Chair, Code of Evidence Committee, and Member, Steering Committee, Boyd-Graves Conference.
Former Associate Reporter, Virginia Circuit Court Judges’ Benchbook.
