BIO

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EDUCATION:

• Tennessee Temple University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1970)

• Temple Baptist Theological Seminary (M.R.E, magna cum laude, 1975)

• Baptist Christian University (Ph.D., 1980)

• Washington & Lee University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1986)

 

HONORS AND AFFILIATIONS:

• Jessup International Moot Court (Rutgers Award, 1985-1986)

• Member, Roanoke and Virginia State Bar Association

• Member, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys; Defense Research Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates

• Best Lawyers in America

 

PUBLISHED WORK and PUBLIC SPEAKING:

• Various articles on employment and related issues for non-profits; Questions & Answer column, ACSI Legal Legislative Update

• Conference and Seminar Speaker: Topics regarding general liability, employment and constitutional

 

REPRESENTED CASES:

• Cook v. Modine Mfg. Co. U.S. App. LEXIS 29560 (1991);

• Kroger Co. v. Appalachian Power Co., 244 Va. 560 (1992);

• General Insurance v. Page, 250 Va. 409 (1995) ;

• Melinda Breeding, an infant, et al. v. Hensley, 258 Va. 207 (1999);

• Dugan v. Albermarle County School Board, 148 F. Supp 2d 688 (2001);

• Stafford v. Radford Community Hosp., 908 F. Supp 2d 1369 (2001);

• Stafford v. Radford Community Hosp., 293 F.3d 716 (2002);

• Doe v. Briscoe, 61 Va. Cir. 96 (2003);

• Jarmak v. Rames, U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25304 (2011);

 

PRACTICE AREAS:
Causality and Insurance Defense;
Constitutional and First Amendment;
Employment;
Private Education;
Products Liability;

 

ADMITTED:
Virginia State Bar;
1986, Supreme Court of Virginia;
US District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia;
4th & 5th, Circuit Court of Appeals;
US Supreme Court