Admitted: 1967, South Carolina and U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Law School: University of South Carolina, J.D.
Member: Orangeburg County (President, 1972) and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (Circuit Vice President, 1972-l975; Member, House of Delegates, 1976; Council Member, Negligence, Insurance and Workers' Compensation Section, 1980, Chairman, Fee Disputes Committee, First Judicial Circuit, 1983; Member, Executive Board, South Carolina Bar Association Statewide Fee Dispute Board); Southern Association of Workers Compensation Administrators; South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association; Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Board of Trial Advocates (Rank of Advocate, 1997).
Biography: Blue Key; Phi Delta Phi. Special Assistant, South Carolina Legislative Council, 1967. Member: Orangeburg County Public Defender Corporation, 1969-1972; Orangeburg Human Affairs Commission, 1976-1978; Advisory Board, South Carolina Workers Compensation Commission, 1980. Recipient: Outstanding Young Alumnus Award, Presbyterian College, 1977; Dum Vivimus Servimus Award, 2004; Presbyterian College, Most Distinguished Alumni Award, Kappa Alpha Order, 2004. Member: Kappa Alpha Order Court of Honor; Board of Visitors, Presbyterian College. Listed in: Who's Who in American Law, 2nd and 6th editions; Who's Who in America 2008. Member, Orangeburg City Council, 2001.
Born: York, South Carolina, January 31, 1942
Cases: Wilkes v. Chappell Transport, 276 S.C. 690, 281 S.E.2d 485 (Sup. Ct. 1981); Bilton v. Best Western Royal Motor Co., 282 S.C. 634, 321 S.E.2d 63 (Ct. App. 1984); Mixon v. Westinghouse Electric Corp., 304 S.C. 31, 402 SE2d 893 (Ct. App. 1991); O'Banner v. Westinghouse Electric Corp. 319 S.C. 24, 459 S.E.2d 893 (Ct. App. 1995).