AREA OF CONCENTRATION
Criminal Law
Personal Injury
Workers' Compensation
Municipal and Criminal Law
Criminal Law
Law Clerk
Juris Doctor, 1984
Honor Council 1983 - 1984
Bachelor of Arts, 1977
Honors: Deans List
1984
1984
1986
1988
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Private Practice
1417 Georgia Avenue
North Augusta, South Carolina 29841
March 1988 to Present
Town Attorney and Prosecutor
Jackson, South Carolina
March 1991 to 1996
Assistant Solicitor
Eleventh Judicial Circuit
Lexington, South Carolina 29072
November 1985 to March 1988
Judicial Law Clerk to the Hon. Thomas J. Ervin
Resident Judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit
Anderson, South Carolina 29622
February 1985 to November 1985
EDUCATION
University of South Carolina School of Law
Columbia, South Carolina
Augusta College
Augusta, Georgia
BAR ADMISSIONS
South Carolina Bar
U.S. District Court, South Carolina
U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
PUBLICATIONS
Co-Author, SOUTH CAROLINA TRAFFIC LAWYERS TOOLKIT, South Carolina Bar Association.(2006)
Co-Author, HANDLING TRAFFIC CASES IN SOUTH CAROLINA, 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Edition, South Carolina Bar Association. (1996, 1998, 2000, 2005)
Contributing Author, SOUTH CAROLINA DUI DEFENSE MANUAL, 3rd Edition, South Carolina Bar Association. (1991)
ASSOCIATIONS/FRATERNITIES
1984 to present
1992
1992 to present
1995
1993
1993 to 1996
1993 to 1996
1996
1994 to present
1994 to present
1992 to present
1988 to 1994, 1997 to present
1988 to present
1995
1992
1990 to 2002
Lifetime Member, Benefactor
2003, 2004, 2005
2002
2001 to present
1995, 1996, 1997, 2001
1991, 1996 - 2000
1990, 1997
1986 - 1987
1987
South Carolina Bar Association
South Carolina Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers
FOUNDING MEMBER
Member
President Elect
Vice President-Public Relations
Board of Directors
District Representative
PRESIDENT
National Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers
National College for DUI Defense
FOUNDING MEMBER & Member
South Carolina Bar Association
Ethics Advisory Committee
South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association
North Augusta Rotary Club
President
Paul Harris Fellow
South Carolina Law Enforcement
Officers Association (Sustaining Member)
National Rifle Association
SPEAKER/ MISCELLANEOUS
Magistrate's Advisory Council
Intensive Training Seminar
9th Annual Mastering Scientific Evidence in DWI/DUI
Atlanta, GA
SC Magistrates Advisory Council
Appointed by Chief Justice
South Carolina Magistrates School, Speaker
Legal Instructor, Aiken County Constable Training
Legal Instructor, Aiken County Reserve Deputy Training
South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy
Guest Speaker
United States Department of Justice
FBI, National Law Institute
PERSONAL DATA
Date of Birth January 23, 1955; Augusta, Georgia