Areas of Practice

• Personal Injury - Plaintiff
• Military Law (No Domestic Law)
• Business Litigation
• Criminal Law
• Construction Law & Collections
• Other Litigation

Litigation Percentage

• 95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1979
• South Carolina, 1992
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1993
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1993
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1994
• U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1994
• U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals, 1996
• U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals, 1996
• U.S. Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals, 1996
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 2005

Education

• The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1979
  J.D.
  Honors: With Honors
  
  
• West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1972
  B.S. Bus.
  Honors: Magna Cum Laude
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Ratchford & Hamilton, LLP, Litigation Partner, 1998 - 2006
• Ratchford & Associates, Associate Attorney, 1994 - 1998
• U. S. Army, Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps, 1979 - 1994
• U. S. Army, Armored & Air Cavalry Positions, 1972 - 1976
• U. S. Army, UH-1 (Huey) & AH-1 (Cobra) Pilot Qualificaitons, 1974
• U. S. Army, Airborne, Ranger, Pathfinder Qualifications, 1972