Practice(s): Estate Planning and Estate Administration, Estate Administration/Probate, Estate Planning, Wills & Trusts, General Business Law, Taxation, Property Tax Litigation, Tax Litigation, Taxation-Property Online Articles: A Primer on Property Taxes for the Businessman - 6/1/2007, Protect Your Practice With Noncompete Agreements - 9/1/2004 Born: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1954. Admitted to bar: North Carolina Education: Washington and Lee University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1976); Washington and Lee University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1979). Member: Forsyth County and North Carolina (Tax Section Council, 1993-96, 2000-, Chair, 1995-96) Bar Associations; North Carolina Property Tax Commission, 1990-93, Chair, 1991-93. Author: "A Primer on Property Taxes for the Businessman," June, 2007; "Protect Your Practice With Noncompete Agreements," September, 2004. Civic Activities: Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, 1999-2000; Chair, Small Business Council, 1999; Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind, Inc., Board of Directors, 1998-2003, Vice Chairman, 2001, Chairman, 2002; North Carolina Eye Bank, Inc., Board of Directors, 1994-2004, Vice Chair, 1998-2002, Chair, 2002-2004; Winston-Salem Coliseum and Convention Center Commission, Board of Directors, 1998-2002, Vice Chairman, 2000-01, Chairman, 2001-02; Winston-Salem Public Assembly Facilities Commission, Board of Directors, 2002- ; Westwood Club, Board of Directors, 2002-2004 , Chair, 2003; Forsyth County Industrial Development & Pollution Control Financing Authority, 2005-, Chairman, 2007-. Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Middle and Eastern Districts of North Carolina, the United States Tax Court, and the United States Court of Claims. |