Admitted: 1960, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina; 1970, U.S. Supreme Court; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Circuits; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. Court of International Trade; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. Court of Military Appeals
Law School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D.
Member: North Carolina Bar Association; American Bar Association; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (State Coordinator, 1991-1995).
Biography: Pi Sigma Alpha, Phi Delta Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa. Order of the Golden Fleece (Jason, 1958-1959).Assistant Editor, Tar Heel Barrister, 1958-1959. Member, Student Board of Editors, North Carolina Law Review, 1960. Certified Law Librarian, American Association of Law Libraries, 1968. Adjunct Instructor, 1962-1963 and Adjunct Professor, 1963-1964, Business Law, Atlantic Christian College (now Barton College) Visiting Lecturer, Economics and Business Law, North Carolina State University, 1967-1985. Listed in: National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Experience Registry; Who's Who in America; Who's Who in American Law. Research Assistant to Justice Clifton L. Moore, Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1960-1961. Associate, Gardner, Connor & Lee, Wilson, North Carolina, 1961-1964. Marshal and Librarian, Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1964-1977; Project Director, Federal Judicial Center, 1976-1977; Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief, Appellate Section, Eastern District of North Carolina, 1981-1982. Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 1982-1983. Editor, North Carolina Cases and Statutes Selected for Business Law Students (Students Supply Store, North Carolina State University, 1981). Author, Federal Court Libraries, 2 vol., Hein, 1981. Numerous articles published.
Born: Washington, North Carolina, January 1, 1933
MilitaryService: With U.S. Army, 1955-1957; Special Agent, Counter Intelligence Corps, 1956-1957
Cases: Thurston v. Thurston, 256 N.C. 663, 124 S.E. 2d 852 (1962); Raper v. McCrory-McLellan Corp., 259 N.C. 199, 130 S.E. 2d 281 (1963); Hales v. McCrory-McLellan Corp, 260 N.C. 568, 133 S.E. 2d 225 (1963); Barker v. High, 77 N.C. App. 277, 334 S.E. 2d 479 (1985) review denied, 315 N.C. 389, 339 S.E. 2d 409 (1986); Matter of Estate of Warren, 81 N.C. App. 634, 344 S.E. 2d 795, 84 A.L.R. 4th 455 (1986); Swindell v. Lewis, 82 N.C. App., 423, 346 S.E. 2d 237 (1986); Cheape v. Town of Chapel Hill, 320 N.C. 549, 359 S.E. 2d 792 (1987); Spivey v. Hull, 99 N.C. App. 774, 395 S.E.2d 164 (1990); Calton v. Calton, 118 N.C. App. 439, 456 S.E. 2d 520 (1995); Review Denied, 341 N.C. 647, 462 S.E. 2d 506 (1995); Wooten v. Matthews, 121 N.C. App. 789, 467 S.E.2d 912 (1996), review denied, 343 N.C. 758, 473 S.E.2d 630 (1996); Patterson v. Strickland, 133 N.C. App 510, 515 S.E. 2d 915 (1999).