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Practice(s): Arbitration, Mediation, Commercial Litigation, Creditor's Rights Law, Statutory Liens, Bankruptcy, Collection, Construction, Taxation, Tax Litigation Born: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1957. Admitted to bar: 1982 North Carolina. Education: North Carolina State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1982). Clerkship: Honorable Hiram H. Ward, United States District Judge, Middle District of North Carolina (1983-85); Honorable Russell A. Eliason, United States Magistrate Judge. Member: Forsyth County and North Carolina (Construction Law Section Council, 1997-2000) (Lawyer Effectiveness & Quality of Life Committee) Bar Associations; American Arbitration Association; Home Builders Association of Winston-Salem; Former Chapter 7 Panel Trustee, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1986-89; NCDRC Certified Superior Court Mediator, and Mediator in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (1993- ); Arbitrator in Forsyth County District Court; Selected to serve as an arbitrator in construction, contract, and other disputes. Author: "Dischargeability Under Section 523 (c)(1)," Seventeenth Annual Bankruptcy Seminar, Middle District of North Carolina (1996) (co-author); "New Issues and Hot Topics in Chapters 7 and 13," Fifteenth Annual Bankruptcy Seminar, Middle District of North Carolina (1994) (co-author); "Recent Case Decisions Involving Bankruptcy Law," Eleventh Annual Bankruptcy Law Institute (NCBA 1988); "Practice Before the Clerk," North Carolina State and Local Views from the Bench (NCBA 2002)(co-author). Civic Activities: PTA President, Vienna Elementary School, 1997-99; Community Mediation Program volunteer instructor; West Central Community Center Youth Basketball League, Inc., Board of Directors, 1997- current ; Central Family YMCA Board of Managers, 1997- 2002, Chairman, 2001-2002; YMCA of Northwest North Carolina Board of Directors and Executive Committee, 1998-current; Samaritan Inn volunteer; Assistant Scout Master, Boy Scouts of America; Human Service Alliance volunteer; youth sports coach; Elder, First Presbyterian Church. Admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the United States Tax Court. | 