Areas of Experience

Personal injury, medical malpractice, family law, construction, contracts, business dissolution, condemnation, real estate, FELA and the Jones Act.

Professional Experience

• Certified Mediator, Supreme Court of Virginia.
• Judge, Circuit Court of the 3rd Judicial Circuit of Virginia, 2006-2016. Chief Judge, 2010-2012.
• Private Practice of law, City of Portsmouth, 1973-2006. General practice including personal injury, family law, real estate, corporate shareholder disputes and dissolutions, and criminal defense.
• Served two terms (eight years) on the Portsmouth City Council.
• Served in the United States Coast Guard Reserve.
• Served as an Apprentice Ship Pilot, Virginia Pilot Association.

Affiliations

• Former Member, Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association.
• Former Member, Commission appointed to resolve the boundary dispute between Portsmouth and Chesapeake.
• Former Member, Municipal Finance Commission.
• Former Board Member, Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority.
• Former Member, Board of Directors, London House.
• Former Member, Portsmouth Kiwanis Club.

Education

• T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, J.D.
• University of Virginia, B.A.