Admitted: 1979, North Carolina, South Carolina, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: Wake Forest University, J.D.
Member: Wake County and North Carolina Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; South Carolina Bar; North Carolina Advocates for Justice (Formerly North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers: President's Club; Founding Member, Leadership Forum; President, 1995-1996; Benefactor; Vice President, Education, 1993-1994; Vice President, Public Service and Information, 1990-1993; Co-Chairman, Amicus Curiae Committee, 1983-1986; Board of Governors, 1987; Faculty, Civil Trial Advocacy, 1988-1993); The American Association for Justice (Leadership Forum, Sustaining Member; Presidents' Club; Co-Chair: Exchange Committee, 1990-1991; 1996-1997; Sections to Litigation Group Coordination Council, 1991-1994; Communications, Computers and Law Office Technology Committee, 1992-1994; Subcommittee Chairperson, Computers in Products Liability, Products Liability Advisory Committee, 1989-1991); American Trial Lawyers Association (State Delegate, 2003).
Biography: Phi Beta Kappa. Member, 1977-1978 and Research Editor, 1978-1979, Wake Forest Law Review. Listed in: Super Lawyers, Personal Injury Plaintiff, 2007-2009; Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury Litigation, 2001. Contributing Author: "Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit," 3rd Edition, ATLA Press, 1991. Co-Author: Blanchard & Abrams, "North Carolina's New Products Liability Act: A Critical Analysis," Wake Forest University Law Review, Vol. 16, 1980. Member, Board of Directors, North Carolina Consumers Council, 1981-1986. Associate, American Board of Trial Advocates.
Born: Greenville, South Carolina, March 18, 1954