Education: University of North Carolina (A.B., 1956; J.D., 1961). Phi Beta Kappa.

Member: Member, House of Representatives, General Assembly, 1969-1976. Member, Board of Trustees, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1979-1983. Chairman, Asheville Regional Airport Authority, 1980-1988. Chairman, North Carolina Administrative Rules Review Commission, 1986-1990. President, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, 1990-1991. Chair, Mission & St. Joseph 's Health Systems, Inc., 1995-1998. Chair, University of North Carolina Health Care System, 2001-2003. Member: North Carolina Bar Association (President, 1995-1996); 28th Judicial District and North Carolina State Bars; American Counsel Association; Board Member, Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of North Carolina, 1981-; Member, State and Local Fiscal Modernization Study Commission, 2006-.

Areas of Practice: Business Law; Corporate Law.

Experience Includes:

• Representation and General Counsel of corporate clients and business entities
• Representation of large municipal corporations
• Representation of the State of North Carolina in insurance matters
• Representation of various private schools and colleges

• Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc.
• Biltmore House and Gardens and the Biltmore Estate Wine Company
• Warren Wilson College
• Carolina Day School
• Christ School

Publications:

• Planning for Death or Retirement for Closely Held Corporations, North Carolina Bar Association, 1978
• What Florida Estate Planners Need to Know About Disposition of North Carolina Real Estate, Florida Bar Association, 1990