• Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

  Judge

  2003 – present · 23 yrsAppointed by George W. Bush

• Court of Appeals of North Carolina

  Judge

  1990 – 1990

Career

• Private practice

  1998 – 2003 · 5 yrs

• Commissioner

  North Carolina Utilities Commission

  1991 – 1998 · 7 yrs

• Judge

  1991 – 1991

• prac

  1991 – 1991

• Associate judge

  North Carolina Court of Appeals

  1990 – present · 36 yrs

• Professor

  1989 – 1989

• Associate professor

  North Carolina Central University School of Law

  1986 – 1990 · 4 yrs

• Attorney

  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

  1978 – 1986 · 8 yrs

• Law clerk

  Hon. Julia Cooper Mack, District of Columbia Court of Appeals

  1977 – 1978 · 1 yr

• Associate editor

  Lawyers Co-Operative Publishing Company

  1976 – 1977 · 1 yr

Education