All areas of civil litigation including personal injury, medical
malpractice, product liability, family, commercial, construction,
employment, real estate, trusts and estates, and defamation.
Credentials
Judge, 28th Judicial Circuit Court, covering Smyth and Washington
Counties and the City of Bristol, 1982-2004; Chief Judge, various
terms.
Recipient, Harry L. Carrico Outstanding Service Award, 2003.
Certified Mediator, Supreme Court of Virginia.
Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator, Alternative
Dispute Resolution Commission, Tennessee Supreme Court.
General Practice, Woodward, Miles & Flannagan, 1968-1982.
Past President, Bristol Virginia Bar Association.
Former Member, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys.
Former Lecturer in Continuing Legal Education programs sponsored
by Young Lawyers Section, Virginia State Bar, Virginia Trial
Lawyers Association and Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys.
Former Member, Circuit Judges Annexation Pool.
Past President, American Red Cross, Bristol Chapter.
Former Board Member and Secretary, Bristol Memorial Hospital.
Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 1968.
East Tennessee State University, B.S., 1965.
