Graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science Degree (Biology and Chemistry double major) with honors, Cum Laude in 1977
Graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law with a Juris Doctorate Degree in 1980
Member of the Order of Wig and Robe, the academic honors society for the University of South Carolina School of Law
Member of the Moot Court Bar for the University of South Carolina Law Center
Member of the Editorial Board of the Law Review for the University of South Carolina School Law, serving as both Comments Editor and Notes Editor
Third generation Beaufortonian
In private practice in Beaufort, South Carolina with the same law firm since 1980
Member of the Beaufort County, Hilton Head Island and South Carolina Bar Associations
Admitted to practice before all South Carolina trial and appellate courts, both state and federal.
Admitted to practice before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court
Past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Beaufort County YMCA
Chosen “Top Lawyers-Top Legal Minds” by Hilton Head Monthly
Past Chairman of the Amicus Curae Committee of the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, and in that capacity has represented the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association in cases before the South Carolina Supreme Court
Held numerous offices in the Beaufort County Bar Association, including Chairman
Held numerous offices in the Beaufort County Democratic Party, including Chairman
Awarded the Robert V. Wardle Service to Youth Award (“for distinguished service to Beaufort County Youth”)
Published Author of Articles in the Law Review for the University of South Carolina School of Law (“A Call for the Adoption of Comparative Negligence” and “Workers Compensation“)
Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a national invitation-only peer-review honor and advocacy society.