Areas of Practice

• Family Law
• Criminal & Traffic Law

Certification/Specialties

• Board-Certified Specialist, Family Law, North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization, 1996
• Family Financial Mediator, North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission, 2000

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina, 1986
• U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 1987

Education

• Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, May, 1985
  J.D.
  
  
• Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, October, 1981
  M.A.
  
  
• Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, May, 1976
  B.A.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  Major: Political Science
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Presenter, MCB, NCSB & NCATL CLE's, 1992 - 2001

Professional Associations and Memberships

• North Carolina State Bar, 2001 - Present
  Chair, Bar Candidate Committee
  
  
• North Carolina State Bar, 1988 - 2001
  Member, Bar Candidate Committee
  
  
• Mecklenburg County Bar, 2006 - Present
  Chair, Fee Dispute Resolution Committee
  
  
• Mecklenburg County Bar 1999-2002; 2003-2006
  Member/Investigator, Grievance Committee
  
  
• Mecklenburg County Bar, 1996 - 1999
  Executive Committee
  
  
• Mecklenburg County Family Court Bench/Bar Committee, 2003 - Present
  Member & Rules Subcommittee Chair
  
  
• North Carolina Bar Association, 1996 - Present
  Member, Family Law Section
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Private Law Practice, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1988 - 1998
• Erdman, Boggs & Harkins, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1987 - 1988

Birth Information

• 1948, Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America