Admitted: 1978, Virginia
Law School: College of William & Mary, J.D.
Member: Norfolk-Portsmouth (Chairman, Young Lawyers Section Executive Committee, 1985-1986; Chairman, Minority Involvement in the Bar Committee, 1986-1987; Chair, Alternative Dispute Committee, 2001-2002), Virginia (Family Law Council, 1993-1997) and American (Member: Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Family Law Sections) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Chair, 2nd District Committee; Member, Disciplinary Board, 2001-2007); Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; Norfolk Juvenile Court Citizens Advisory Council.
Biography: Omicron Delta Kappa. Law Clerk to Hon. Walter E. Hoffman, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1978-1979. Commissioner in Chancery, Circuit Court, City of Norfolk, 1990. Member: Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association; JAMS/Endispute, Arbitration Associates. Certified Mediator, U.S. Postal Service REDRESS Program, Virginia Supreme Court, 1994-2000. Special Hearing Officer, Virginia Supreme Court. Director, Hope House Foundation, 2001-2007. Member, Norfolk Homelessness Advisory Committee, 2001-2006. President, d'Art Center.
Born: Norfolk, Virginia, April 8, 1952