• District Court, S.D. West Virginia

  Judge

  1991 – 2008 · 17 yrsAppointed by George H.W. Bush

Career

• Special part-time assistant U.S. attorney

  Northern District of West Virginia

  1988 – 1990 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1987 – 1991 · 4 yrs

• U.S. attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia

  1981 – 1986 · 5 yrs

• West Virginia Air National Guard

  1978 – 1992 · 14 yrs

• U.S. Naval Reserve

  1973 – 1977 · 4 yrs

• Private practice

  1972 – 1981 · 9 yrs

• U.S. Air Force judge advocate

  1968 – 1972 · 4 yrs

• Private practice

  1967 – 1968 · 1 yr

Education