Personal injury, medical malpractice,
product liability, family, construction, commercial, employment,
real estate, trusts and estates, business torts, local government
and organizational disputes.
Credentials
Judge, 29th Judicial Circuit Court, covering
Buchanan, Tazewell, Russell and Dickenson Counties, 1974-95; Chief
Judge, 1979-80, 1985-86, 1991-92.
Former Commonwealth’s Attorney, Buchanan
County.
Certified Mediator, Supreme Court of Virginia,
since 1997.
Chair, Board of Trustees, Appalachian School
of Law.
Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation.
Former Member, Executive Committee, Judicial
Conference of Virginia.
Former Member, Virginia Sentencing Guidelines
Committee, Judicial Conference of Virginia.
Recipient, Certificate of Appreciation from
Governor’s Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, 1995.
Former Member, Commission on the Future of
Virginia’s Judicial System, Supreme Court of Virginia.
Former President, Buchanan County Bar Association.
University of Virginia School of Law, J.D.,
1962.
Virginia Military Institute, B.A., 1958.
