Areas of Experience

Personal injury, product liability, bankruptcy, condemnation, construction, contracts, domestic relations, real estate, trusts and estates.

Professional Experience

• Certified Mediator, Supreme Court of Virginia.

• Judge, 9th Judicial Circuit of Virginia (Counties of New Kent, Charles City, King William, and King & Queen), 1997-2014; Chief Judge 2001-2003 and 2009-2011.

• Judge, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, 9th Judicial District of Virginia (City of Williamsburg; Counties of James City, New Kent, Charles City, King William, and King & Queen), 1993-1997; Chief Judge 1995-1997.

• Commonwealth’s Attorney, New Kent County, 1980-1993.

• Former Commissioner in Chancery, New Kent County.

Affiliations

• Past Member, Judicial Council, Virginia Bar Association.

• Past Member, Board of Directors, Virginia Association of Commonwealth’s Attorneys.

• Past Member, Virginia Criminal Justice Conference.

• Selected as “Legal Elite” in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Virginia
Business, 2021 and 2022.

Education

• University of Richmond, J.D.

• University of Richmond, B.S., Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa.