Areas of Practice

• Business Litigation
• Construction Litigation
• Governmental Law
• Insurance Defense Law

Bar Admissions

• South Carolina, 1983
• United States District Court, District of South Carolina,1984
• United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1984

Education

• University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1983
• South Carolina Law Review: Research Editor, 1982 - 1983
• South Carolina Law Review: Member, 1981 - 1983
• Duke University, B.A. English, 1978
• Magna Cum Laude
• New College, Oxford University, 1976
• Erskine College, 1974 - 1975

Published Works

• “Annual Survey of South Carolina Law: Evidence", 34 South Carolina Law Review 155, 1983
• “Annual Survey of South Carolina Law: State and Local Government”, 34 South Carolina Law Review 209, 1983

Honors and Awards

• Best Lawyers In America 2009, 2010®
• Super Lawyers 2009
• AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Greenville County Bar Association
• South Carolina Bar
• Construction Law Section (Chairman, 2000 - 2001)
• Lawyers Caring About Lawyers Committee (Chairman 1996 - 1997)
• Past President, Greenville Young Lawyers Association
• Certified Civil Court Arbitrator (State and Federal Courts)

Past Employment Position

• Love, Thornton, Arnold & Thomason, Greenville S.C., Associate and Partner, 1983 - 1996