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EDUCATION
Greensboro Public Schools   1970
UNC- Chapel Hill B.A. with Highest Honors 1974
American University Master in Public Administration 1976
Wake Forest University Juris Doctorate 1979

Member, Wake Forest Law Review

  1977-1979
ELECTED EXPERIENCE
Greensboro City Council 1991-2005 (Seven Terms)  
Mayor Pro Tem 1996-2000  
APPOINTED EXPERIENCE
North Carolina State Banking Commission 1998 – Present  
PROFESSIONAL
Private Practice Greensboro North Carolina representing corporate and individual clients
Member: Greensboro Bar Association 1982 - present

North Carolina Bar
North Carolina Bar Association
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
District of Columbia Bar
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court

 
Town Attorney – Town of Pleasant Garden 1998 - Present

North Carolina Association of Municipal Attorneys

 
Vice President- Stedman Corporation 1981- 1991

Board- North Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association
Board- North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry
Board and Founding Member – NC FREE
National Association of Manufacturers
United States Chamber of Commerce

 
GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE
United States Senator Robert Morgan Legislative Clerk Washington
Office of the Governor's Economic Advisor Attorney Governor Hunt
Revenue Laws Study Commission N.C. General Assembly  
National Association of Attorneys General Writer  
North Carolina Attorney General's Office Summer Clerk  
North Carolina Department of Human Resources Summer Researcher  
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT

Board of Visitors – University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Board Member- Greensboro Merchants Association
Board Member- Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
Board Member- North Carolina Association of Realtors Management Committee
Board Member- Court Watch
Board Member- Greensboro Housing Coalition
Sunday School Teacher - Westminister Presbyterian Church
Greensboro Rotary Club
Greensboro Sports Council
Member- Triad Leadership Network
Fellow - Institute of Political Leadership

 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct- School of Public Affairs, University of North Carolina- Greensboro
Master of Public Affairs Program (Two Semesters)
 
Lectureship – American University – Washington, D.C.
Undergraduate Political Science (Four Semesters)
 
Teaching Assistant – University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
School of Public Health (Two Semesters)
 
PUBLICATIONS
North Carolina Bar Quarterly
North Carolina Magazine
National Association of Attorneys General