Admitted: 1975, North Carolina; 1977, U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Tax Court; 2002, Cherokee Supreme Court (Eastern Band)
Law School: Wake Forest University, J.D.
Member: North Carolina (Chairman, Disaster Legal Services, 1981-1985) and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar.
Biography: Attorney, Town of Laurel Park, 1977. Arbitrator, 1987-1997. Member, Board of Governors, 1985-1997 and Chairman, 1995-1996, The University of North Carolina (16 campus). Member, Board of Directors, 1990 and Chairman, Investment Committee, 2004, HomeTrust Bank. Member, Western North Carolina Regional Economic Development Commission (Advantage West), 1997. Member, Board of Trustees, 1999 and Chairman, 2005, North Carolina School of the Arts. Chairman, Western North Carolina Film Commission, 2002.
Born: Sylva, North Carolina, December 10, 1949