Education: Ohio State University (B.A., 1971); University of Houston (J.D., cum laude, 1987).

Member: 28th Judicial District and North Carolina (Member, Education Law Section) Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; State Bar of Texas; North Carolina School Boards Association; National School Boards Association; North Carolina Council of School Attorneys; National Council of School Attorneys; North Carolina Association of Community College Attorneys.

Areas of Practice: Education; Real Property; Business; Public Housing.

Experience Includes:

• Education law
• Public Housing law
• Commercial and residential real estate and leasing transactions
• Nonprofit organizations
• Business transactions
• Public financing transactions: over $100 Million in financing for school construction

Representative Clients:

• Housing Authority of the City of Asheville
• WNC Housing, Inc.
• Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College, full-time counsel
• Asheville City Board of Education, full-time counsel
• Avery County Board of Education, full-time counsel
• Buncombe County Board of Education, full-time counsel
• Burke County Board of Education, special matters
• Haywood County Board of Education, special matters
• Henderson County Board of Education, full-time counsel
• Jackson County Board of Education, special matters
• Lincoln County Board of Education, special matters
• Macon County Board of Education, special matters
• Madison County Board of Education, full-time counsel
• McDowell County Board of Education, special matters
• Mitchell County Board of Education, special matters
• Polk County Board of Education, special matters
• Rutherford County Board of Education, full-time counsel
• Swain County Board of Education, special matters
• Transylvania County Board of Education, full-time counsel
• Watauga County Board of Education, special matters
• Yancey County Board of Education, special matters
• Blue Ridge Community College, special matters
• North Carolina School Boards Trust

Presentations:

• Lorman Education Services: Discipline of Students with Special Needs / Overview of the Law and Procedures (May 16, 2003)
• WRESA Educational Law Symposium: Religion in Schools, Special Education Discipline, and Student Confidentiality (June 16-17, 2003)
• North Carolina School Boards Association: Media Access to Judicial Proceedings and the Attorney-Client Privilege (July 19, 2003)
• North Carolina School Boards Association Special Issues Seminar regarding Back to School Issues: School Volunteers (April 27, 2004)
• Asheville City Schools: Section 504 Students (September 20, 2004)
• Asheville City Schools: Responding to Subpoenas for Records and Testimony by School Counselors (October 15, 2004 )
• North Carolina School Boards Association Annual Law Conference: Serving Immigrant and Foreign National Students (October 21, 2004)
• Western North Carolina Exceptional Children Program Directors: Discipline under IDEA 2004 (May 11, 2005)
• Asheville City Schools: Board Members Training (May 31, 2005)
• Buncombe County Board of Education: Section 504 Students (October 21, 2005)
• North Carolina School Boards Association: Serving Immigrant and Foreign National Students (February 17, 2006)
• Buncombe County Board of Education - School Counselors In-Service Presentation: Keeping Kids Safe: Sexual Misconduct/ Sexual Harassment (October 2, 2006)
• Buncombe County Schools: Section 504 Students (September 24, 2007)
• Western Region Education Service Alliance: Student Admission Requirements and Model Affidavits (October 9, 2007)
• North Carolina School Boards Association Annual School Law Conference: Building Schools Through the Use of Certificates of Participation (October 18, 2007)