Born Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan, March 19, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, West Virginia; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia; 1996 North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina. Education: East Carolina University (B.A., with honors in Political Science, 1990); University of Richmond (J.D., 1993). Member: University of Richmond Law Review, 1992-1993; Moot Court Board, 1991-1993. Co-Editor, Juris Public, 1991-1992. Author: "Federal Executive Clemency Power: The President's Prerogative to Escape Accountability," 27 University of Richmond Law Review, 345 (1993). Co-Author: "Twentieth-Century Virginia Legal Periodicals: A Bibliography and Commentary," 86 Law Library Journal 541, 1994. Adjunct Instructor, Salem-Teikyo University, 1994-1995.

Languages: French and Haitian Creole

Practice Areas: Litigation