• District Court, E.D. North Carolina

  Judge

  1988 – 2005 · 17 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

Career

• Civilian aide

  secretary of the U.S. Army for North Carolina

  1986 – 1988 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1975 – 1988 · 13 yrs

• Deputy special counsel

  Executive Office of the President of the United States

  1974 – present · 52 yrs

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  Eastern District of North Carolina

  1973 – 1974 · 1 yr

• General counsel/marketing manager, Dixon Marketing, Inc.

  1972 – present · 54 yrs

• Legislative counsel

  secretary of the U.S. Army

  1971 – 1972 · 1 yr

• U.S. Army major

  1962 – 1972 · 10 yrs

Education