Born in Morgantown, West Virginia, and raised in Greenbank, WV, I am a 1978 graduate of Pocahontas County High School.
I am a three-time WVU grad with Bachelor and Master degrees in Chemical Engineering as well as a Law Degree.
B.S.Ch.E. 1984
M.S.Ch.E. 1996
J.D. 1998
Prior to attending graduate school and law school, I worked in the military defense industry as a research scientist. During my years in the lab, I contributed to the development of an asbestos-replacement insulation material for use in solid propellant rocket motors. The material was deemed patent-worthy and is currently used in at least one active missile program. Link to Patent.
During my time in law school at WVU beginning in 1995, I completed work on my thesis for the Master Degree in Chemical Engineering program also at WVU. M.S. thesis titled Processes for Production of Coal-Derived Mesophase Pitch Microbeads was accepted in 1996.
I am admitted to practice law in the following jurisdictions:
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (covers all West Virginia State and lower Courts) - October 13, 1998
United States District Court for the Northern District West Virginia - February 12, 2002
United States District Court for the Southern District West Virginia - October 21, 2009
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit - August 21, 2008
