Education
Bachelor, Duke U., 1966; Juris Doctor, U. North Carolina, 1969.
Bachelor, Duke U., 1966; Juris Doctor, U. North Carolina, 1969.
Partner, Wright & Henderson, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1969-1970; partner, Sinkler, Gibbs & Simons, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina., 1983-1986; assistant attorney general, Columbia, 1973-1978; senior assistant attorney general, director of special litigation section, 1978-1982; deputy attorney general, director of criminal division, 1982; judge, United States District Court South Carolina., Columbia, 1986-1990; judge, United States Court Appeals (District of Columbia circuit), Washington, since 1990.
Appointed District Court Advisory Committee. Member American Bar Association (litigation section and urban, state and local government law section), North Carolina Bar Association, South Carolina. Bar (government law section, trial and appellate practice section, federal judges association).