• District Court, W.D. North Carolina

  Judge

  2006 – present · 20 yrsAppointed by George W. Bush

Career

• military judge

  JAG Corps

  2011 – present · 15 yrs

• U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina

  2002 – 2006 · 4 yrs

• Private practice

  2001 – 2002 · 1 yr

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  Western District of North Carolina

  1990 – 2001 · 11 yrs

• Private practice

  Washington, D.C.

  1989 – 1990 · 1 yr

• Law clerk

  Hon. David B. Sentelle, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

  1988 – 1989 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  Washington, D.C.

  1987 – 1988 · 1 yr

• U.S. Army Reserve

  1982 – present · 44 yrs

Education