Residential Adjunct Faculty
Education
• J.D., T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond
• B. A., Speech, University of Virginia
• Fellow, Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia
Areas of interest
Insurance law, land use and zoning, real estate transactions, real estate development
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court, the Western District of Virginia
- Supreme Court of Virginia
Admitted to the Virginia State Bar
Experience
Adjunct Faculty, School of Law, Liberty University, 2006 to present
- Of Counsel, Gentry Locke Attorneys at Law, 2018–2020
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1985–2016 (Senior Claims Legal Counsel, 2000–2008, and Assistant General Counsel, 2009 –2016)
- Recognized by Virginia Business Magazine as a Legal Elite / Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2019
- Member, Lynchburg Planning Commission, 2014–2023 (Vice Chair)
- Board of Directors, State Library of Virginia, 2012–2022 (Executive Committee Chair, 2015–2017)
- Board of Trustees, Virginia Episcopal School, 2012–2017
- Board of Trustees, Jones Memorial Library, 2011–present (vice president 2013–2019, president 2019–2024)
- Electoral Board of the City of Lynchburg, 2011–2014 (Vice Chairman)
- Board of Governors, Corporate Counsel Section, VA State Bar, 2005–2011
- Board of Directors, Lynchburg Old City Cemetery, 2005–2011 (president, 2007–2011)
- President, Leftwich Historical Association, Inc., 2005–2007
- Board of Directors, Lynchburg Historical Foundation, Inc., 2005–2008 (president, 2007 and 2008)
- Board of Directors, Central Virginia Land Conservancy, Inc., 2004–2008 (Chair, Finance)
- Co-Chair, Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Lynchburg Alumni Association, 2003–2004
- Central Virginia Judicial Review Committee, 2000 (12-member committee appointed by local legislators; reviewed all candidates for local judgeships and made findings to local legislators)
- Lead presenter, Lynchburg Bar Association Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminar on bodily injury claims, 2023
- Lead presenter, Virginia Law Foundation Continuing Legal Education seminar on bodily injury claims, 2017
- Certified Virginia Planning Commissioner, 2014