EDUCATION • B.A., Virginia Military Institute, 1969 • J.D., Washington & Lee University, 1974 • Licensed to practice in Virginia • Admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND AFFILIATIONS • Charlottesville-Albemarle Bar Association — President 2008-2009 • Virginia State Bar (former Faculty, Course on Professionalism) • Virginia Bar Association (former member of Professionalism Task Force, lecturer, Professionalism and Civil Litigation CLE, current Committee on Federal Judgeships, Western District of Virginia) • Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (former member of Board of Directors, Board of Editors, The Journal of Civil Litigation, Annual Meeting Chairman, and program speaker) REPORTED CASES • Doe v. West, 281 S.E. 2d 850 (1981) • Lord v. State Farm, 295 S.E. 2d 796 (1982) • Scott v. Dutton, 297 S.E. 2d 814 (1982) • State Farm v. Scott, 372 S.E. 2d 383 (1988) • State Farm v. Butler, 373 S.E. 2d 913 (1988) • State Farm v. Gandy, 383 S.E. 2d 717 (1989) • Rector, Visitors UVA v. Harris, 387 S.E. 2d 772 (1990) • Weaver v. Nester, 404 S.E.2d 42 (1991) • Baker v. State Farm, 405 S.E.2d 624 (1991) • State Farm v. Clatterbuck, 421 S.E. 2d 406 (1992) • Ward v. Nations Bank, 256 VA. 427 (1998) AWARDS AND RECOGNITION • Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, inducted 1993 • "The Best Lawyers in America", Woodward/White, Inc. ­ listed since 1989 COMMUNITY SERVICE • Martha Jefferson Hospital Foundation Board of Directors (2008 - present) • Christ Episcopal Church (former Senior Warden, Vestry, Endowment Fund Board of Directors, and Sunday School teacher) • St. Anne’s-Belfield School, Charlottesville, Virginia (former Trustee and member Board of Directors, current General Counsel) • University of Virginia Hospital Advisory Board (former member Children’s Medical Center Committee) • VMI Alumni Association (former President, Central Virginia Chapter) • The United Way (former Chairman, Professional Section) • The Martha Jefferson House Corporation (former member Board of Directors) • Farmington Country Club (former member of Tennis, Social and Nominating Committees)