Meet Our Attorney

Practice Areas:

• Negligence
• Personal Injury
• Medical Malpractice
• Lawyer Malpractice
• Product Liability
• Wrongful Death

Education:

• Attended: Virginia Military Institute
• Graduate: U.S. Naval Academy – 1965
• Graduate: Cumberland School of Law, Samford University – 1977

Military Service:

• U.S. Navy pilot, 1965 – 1974

Courts:

• Supreme Court of Virginia
• U.S. District Court (Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia)
• U.S. Court of Appeals (Fourth Circuit)
• U.S. Supreme Court

Certification:

• Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, December 1985

Listed in:

• The Best Lawyers in America, 1999-2008
• Virginia Super Lawyers, 2006-2008
• Best Lawyers: Personal Injury 2004 as published in Legal Times

Author:

• “An Objective Finding on a Negative X-ray” The Journal (January 1990)
• “What is the Death of a Child Really Worth?” The Journal (April 1990)
• “How to Cross-examine the Hired Gun” The Journal (Winter 1991 -1992)
• “How to Overcome Your Computer Phobia” The Journal (Winter 1991 -1992)
• “Favorite Computer Programs” The Journal (Winter 1991 -1992)
• “Treatises” The Journal (Winter 1991 -1992)
• “The Not-so Independent Medical Examiner” The Journal (Spring 1992)
• VIRGINIA PERSONAL INJURY FORMS, 1994 (Annual supplement 1995 -present) Lexis Law Publishing
• Outline – “Using Punitive Damages Against Drunk Drivers to Enhance Full Recovery” for the seminar Everything You Need to Know to Settle Auto Accident Cases – Return of a Classic – New and Updated for 1996-1997 (Nov. 1996)
• THE SMART CONSUMER’S GUIDE TO YOUR PERSONAL INJURY CASE, 2008

Lecturer:

• Seminar – The 1989 Blue Ribbon Seminar – speaker (Nov. 7 & 9, 1989) “Enhancing Damages through Liability
  Annual Convention – Foundations of Justice: Tools for Building a Successful Case, (Apr. 17, 1993) “How to Prove Entitlement to Punitive Damages in a Drunk Driving Case”
• Seminar – Everything You Need to Settle Auto Accident Cases; (May 17 & 23, 1994) “How to Obtain Punitive Damages Against Drunk Drivers”
• Seminar -Try it. You’ll Like it: Winning the Automobile Personal Injury Case; (May 7 & 9, 1996) “Demonstrative Evidence – How Not to Spend a Fortune”
• Seminar Chairman – Winning the Soft-tissue Case in Today’s Hostile Environment (May 5, 8, 19, 21, 1998)
  Seminar – Winning the Soft-tissue Case in Today’s Hostile Environment “Overcoming Juror Bias: How to Make Voir Dire Work for You” (May 19, 1998)
• Seminar Chairman – New Direction to Full and Fair Verdicts in Auto Collision Cases (November 4, 9, 16, 18, 2000)
• Seminar – Basic Medicine: Essentials for the Trial Lawyer “Cross-Examination of the DME” (November 9, 11, 16, 18, 2004)

Member:

• Virginia State Bar
• Fredericksburg Area Bar Association (President 2002)
• American Association for Justice (Sustaining member)
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
• Board of Governors (1990-1996)
• Membership Growth Committee (1990-1991, 1993-1996)
• Annual Convention Committee (1991, 1993-1995)
• Insurance Law Sub-committee (1993-1995) (Chairman 1995)
• Continuing Legal Education Committee (1995-2008)
• Community & Civic Services Committee (1996)
• Public Relations Committee (1993, 1994) (Chairman 1994)
• Publishing Committee (1989-1993) (Chairman 1991)
• Long-range Planning Committee (1992-1993)
• Mentor Program (1992)
• Fund Raising Committee (1992, 1993)
• Annual Convention Sponsor (1992-2001)
• Amicus Curiae Committee (2001) (Chairman 2001)