Areas of Emphasis:

Asbestos Litigation; Products Liability Law; Civil Litigation

Education:

University of Virginia, B.A., completed 4 year course in 3 years, graduation "With Distinction" in 1962

Sorbonne, University of Paris, France

Phi Beta Kappa

Raven Society

University of Virginia, LLB, 1965

Bar Involvement:

U.S. District Court, 1965
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1978
U.S. Supreme Court, 1980

Affiliations:

Federal Bar Association (President, Tidewater Chapter, 1984)

American Bar Association

Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association

Publications and Lectures:

Author/Speaker, "Use of Video Tapes in the Courtroom," presented to and published by the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 1988

Author/Speaker "Medical/Legal Aspects of Asbestos Disease," presented to Virginia Thoracic Society, 1989

Author/Speaker, Trial Advocacy in Virginia, National Business Institute, Inc., 1990

Author/Speaker, "Beyond Ethics to Civility," 1991, at the request of the Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association

Author/Speaker, "Mass Torts in the 21st Century," presented to the Products liability Section of the American Bar Association, March 1996.

Author/Speaker, "Virginia's Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine," presented to the Products Liability Section of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, September 1997

Honors:

"Courageous Advocacy Award," presented by Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 1987

Listed in "The Best Lawyers in America", 1987-Present