Memberships
Kanawha County Bar Association
West Virginia Bar Association
American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section)
West Virginia State Bar (Member: Ad Hoc Committee on Laws for Young Mountaineers, 1978-1979
Law Education Project Planning Committee, 1980-1982
Committee on Lawyer Specialization, 1981
Committee on Judicial Improvement, 1982-1989
Vice Chairman, 1984-1985
Chairman, 1985-1989, 2004-2005
Chairman, Subcommittee on Judicial Qualification Evaluation Poll, 1982-designed poll, 1984 and 1988
Member: Committee on Bar Associations, 1984-1987
Ad Hoc Committee on Scheduling, 1986-1987
Committee on Professionalism, 1987-1995
Board of Governors, 1990-1993
Ad Hoc Committee on Judicial Selection, 1991-1994)
West Virginia Bar Foundation (Board of Directors, 2001
Vice President, 2002-2004
President, 2004-2006)
Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia (Founding Member
Treasurer, 1981-1984
Vice President, 1984-1985
President, 1985-1986
Member, Board of Governors, 1983-1989)
American Board of Trial Advocates (President, WV Chapter, 2004-2008)
International Association of Defense Counsel
Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference (Permanent Member)