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Born High Point, North Carolina, July 29, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, North Carolina; 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court; 1998, U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina; 2002, U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina. Education: North Carolina State University (B.A., cum laude, 1980); Campbell University (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Phi Kappa Phi; Delta Theta Phi. Recipient, Corpus Juris Secundum Award for Significant Legal Scholarship, 1983–1984; 1984–1985. Member, Campbell Law Review, 1983–1985. Articles Editor, Campbell Law Review, 1984-1985. Author: Note, “Edwards v. Arizona is Alive But Not Well in North Carolina,” 7 Campbell Law Review 51 (1984). Law Clerk to U.S. District Court Judge James C. Fox, Eastern District of North Carolina, 1985–1987. Research Assistant, North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions Committee-Criminal, 1983–1985. Member: New Hanover County and North Carolina Bar Associations; Fifth Judicial District Bar (President, 2001) and North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Mediation