• Princeton University (A.B. 1953)
• University of Virginia (LL.B., 1959)

Professional Activities:

• 1976-1977: President, Charlottesville/Albemarle Bar Association
• Virginia State Bar
• District of Columbia Bar
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation

Public Service:

• Phi Alpha Delta
• Omicron Delta Kappa
• Member, Raven Society

Honors & Recognitions:

• (1989-Present)

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• 1957-1959: Member, Editorial Board, Virginia Law Review


• AV®Preeminent™ - a certification mark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies


• 1996: Distinguished Lecturer under a Fulbright Grant, sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers, The United States Information Service (USIS) and the Faculté des Science Juridiques, Politiques et Sociales, Tunis (University of Tunis II)


• 1970-1977: Visiting Lecturer in Trial Advocacy and 1986-1991: Virginia Procedure, University of Virginia Law School


• 1979-1981: Special Assistant for Litigation to Attorney General of the United States
• 1993—Present: Member and 1995-2001: Chairman, Standing Committee on Commissioners of Accounts of the Judicial Council of Virginia