Practice Areas:

Commercial Litigation, Class Actions, and Professional Negligence

Education:

Wofford College, B.A., summa cum laude, 1984

- Phi Beta Kappa

- President of the Student Body

University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1987

- Order of the Coif

- Order of Wig and Robe

- Student Works Editor of the South Carolina Law Review

- Legal Writing Instructor, 1986-1987

Judicial Clerkship:

Honorable Robert F. Chapman, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Memberships:

South Carolina Bar Board of Governors, 1997-2000

International Association of Defense Counsel

Richland County Bar Association

American Bar Association

John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court

South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association

Defense Research Institute

Offices:

South Carolina Bar House of Delegates, 1998-2006

President, South Carolina Bar Foundation, 2006-2007

Past President, Young Lawyers Division of the South Carolina Bar, 1997-1998

Editorial Board of South Carolina Lawyer Magazine, 2000-2006

Awards:

Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2009), Commercial Litigation, Professional Malpractice Law Category

Compleat Lawyer Award Silver Medallion, 2001

Selected for the inaugural list of South Carolina "Super Lawyers" for Business Litigation

Community Involvement:

President, Historic Columbia Foundation

Past President of the Wofford College National Alumni Association, 2000

Admissions:

South Carolina Bar

U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit