Year Joined Firm
1964
Areas of Practice
Personal Injury
Wrongful Death
Civil Litigation
Land Condemnation
Litigation Percentage
85% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
North Carolina, 1964
U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 1964
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1967
U.S. Supreme Court, 1968
Education
University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
J.D. with Honors - 1964
Honors: Order of the Coif
Law Review: North Carolina Law Review, Member of Staff and Member, Board of Editors, 1963 - 1964
University of North Carolina
B.A. - 1962
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
University of Virginia
Honors and Awards
Listed, Best Lawyers in America , 1983 - Present
Listed, North Carolina SUPER LAWYERS, 2007 - Present
Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating of AV Preeminent, 1981 - Present
Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1976 - 2009
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 1987 - Present
Professional Associations and Memberships
High Point Bar Association, President, 1980 - 1981
North Carolina Bar Association
Eighteenth Judicial District Bar Association, President, 1976 - 1977
North Carolina State Bar, Member, Council, 1969 - 1972
Joseph Branch Inn of Court, Master
North Carolina Board of Law Examiners, Member, 1980 - 1992
North Carolina Board of Law Examiners, Chairman, 1990 - 1992
North Carolina Board of Law Examiners, Emeritus Member, 1993 - Present
North Carolina Personal Injury Referral Service, Founding Member, 1984
