Area of Practice: Personal Injury, Workers' Comp, Mediation and Arbitration 

Education:  graduated from the University of North Carolina, where he was a Morehead Scholar and member of Beta Gamma Sigma. He obtained his J.D. at Wake Forest University of Law (Phi Delta Phi and a member of the Wake Forest Law Review)

Professional/Community Activities:  Certified member of the Cumberland County, North Carolina (Dispute Resolution Committee), and American (Section of Litigation) Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; and The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.