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Selected Professional
Activities |
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- Frequent
lecturer on bankruptcy law, creditors’ rights law, legal ethics
and real estate foreclosures for Virginia Continuing Legal Education
(Virginia CLE)
- Author or co-author
of over three dozen articles, lecture outlines and books on bankruptcy
law, creditors’ rights law, legal ethics and real estate
foreclosures, including five Virginia Law Foundation Handbooks:
- Bankruptcy Practice in Virginia
- Debt Collection
for Virginia Lawyers - A Systematic Approach (2002)
- Enforcement of
Liens and Judgments in Virginia (2001)
- Virginia Foreclosure
Actions (2001)
- The Virginia
Lawyer: A Desk book for Practitioners (2002)
- Administrative Hearing
Officer, Supreme Court of Virginia, 1985-1986; 1990-2001.
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Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association, 1992-1996; Better
Business Bureau of Western Virginia, 1986-present (Senior Arbitrator,
National Panel of Consumer Arbitrators, Better Business Bureau,
1988-present).
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Selected Community Activities |
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- Coach,
Instructional Soccer League, City of Roanoke Department of Parks
and Recreation, 1996-present. Certified by National Youth Sports Coaches
Association, 2000.
- Past President, Blue
Ridge Zoological Society of Virginia, Inc. [Mill Mountain Zoo and
ACRES: American Center for Rare and Endangered Species]
- Member, Governor's School
Business and Professional Advisory Committee, The Roanoke Valley
Governor's School for Science and Technology, 1996-1997.
- Member, Mill Mountain
Advisory Committee (Roanoke City Council appointment), 1999-present
(Chair, 2001-present).
- Graduate, Leadership
Roanoke Valley, Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce, (Member, Economic
Development Committee), 1992-1993.
- Volunteer, Blue Ridge
Mountains Council, Boy Scouts of America, 2001-present; Juvenile
Diabetes Foundation, 1995-1998; Virginia Skyline Girl Scout Council,
1993-present.
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| Bar
Memberships |
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- American Bankruptcy
Institute
- American Bar Association
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Roanoke Bar Association [Member, Bankruptcy Section, 1988-present
(Secretary/Treasurer, Bankruptcy Section, 1995-present); Member,
Program Committee, 1995-1996; Member, Library Committee, 2001-2002;
Member, Board of Directors, 2002-present; Chairman, Communication
Committee, 2002-present.]
- Roanoke Personal Injury Lawyers Association [Member, 1993-present.
(Chairman, 1995-1996; Secretary, 1994-1995; Member, Executive
Committee, 1994-1997; Member, Bylaw Revision Committee, 2002).]
- Virginia Bar Association
- Virginia State Bar [Member, Bankruptcy Section, 1999-present.]
- Registered Real Estate Settlement Agent (CRESPA)
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
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| Bar
Admissions |
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- Supreme Court of
Virginia, 1983
- United States Court
of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1983
- United States District
Court
- Eastern District
of Virginia, 1988
- Western District
of Virginia, 1988
- United States Bankruptcy
Court
- Eastern District
of Virginia, 1987
- Western District
of Virginia, 1987
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| Personal |
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- Eagle Scout, Boy
Scouts of America, 1973
- Outstanding Young
Man of America, United States Jaycees, 1984
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| * Bankruptcy practice limited to representing creditors.
The American Board of Certification is accredited by the American Bar Association to certify
lawyers in the areas of bankruptcy law and creditors' rights law. There is no procedure in the
Commonwealth of Virginia for approving certifying organization.
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