• Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

  Judge

  2002 – present · 24 yrsAppointed by George W. Bush

• District Court, D. South Carolina

  Judge

  1990 – 2002 · 12 yrsAppointed by George H.W. Bush

Career

• Adjunct professor

  University of South Carolina School of Law

  1989 – 1992 · 3 yrs

• Private practice

  1988 – 1991 · 3 yrs

• Chief counsel and staff director

  U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

  1985 – 1986 · 1 yr

• administrative assistant

  1982 – 1984 · 2 yrs

• Staff

  1978 – 1988 · 10 yrs

Education