Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, 1951; Admitted to bar, 1977, North Carolina and U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit (1979); U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (1988).

Board Certified Specialist in Business Bankruptcy Law (NC State Bar)
Bankruptcy Mediation Training (American Bankruptcy Institute and St. John’s University School of Law)

Future Claims Representative in the asbestos bankruptcy case of In re Aldrich Pump, LLC, No 20-30608, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of North Carolina

Future Claims Representative in the asbestos bankruptcy case of In re Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC, No. 10-31607, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of North Carolina

Receiver, Commodity Futures Trading Commission vs. James Harvey Mason, et al, No. 3:13-cv-196, U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina

Receiver, Commodity Futures Trading Commission vs. Barki, et al., No. 3:09-cv-106; United States District Court, Western District of North Carolina

Receiver, State of North Carolina ex rel. Roy Cooper, Attorney General vs. Peerless Real Estate Services, Inc. et al., No. 07-cvs-9006, Wake County, NC, Superior Court

Elder, Myers Park Presbyterian Church
Past President and member of Executive Board, Mecklenburg County Council, Boy Scouts of America
Former Member, Board of Managers, Dowd YMCA (Charlotte)

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