• District Court, N.D. West Virginia

  Judge

  1975 – 1983 · 8 yrsAppointed by Gerald Ford

• District Court, S.D. West Virginia

  Judge

  1975 – 2004 · 29 yrsAppointed by Gerald Ford

• West Virginia Supreme Court

  Judge

  1972 – 1975 · 3 yrs

Career

• Judge

  1976 – 1976

• Professor

  1976 – 1976

• chief justice

  1974 – 1975 · 1 yr

• Justice

  Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia

  1972 – 1975 · 3 yrs

• prac

  1971 – 1971

• legis

  1971 – 1971

• Professor

  1971 – 1971

• Tax commissioner

  State of West Virginia

  1969 – 1972 · 3 yrs

• Member

  Monongalia County West Virginia Board of Education

  1967 – 1968 · 1 yr

• Faculty

  West Virginia University College of Law

  1967 – 1968 · 1 yr

• State delegate

  West Virginia

  1963 – 1964 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  1961 – 1969 · 8 yrs

Education