About me

I have practiced family law for 30 years. I have helped people with everything related to family law, including equitable distribution (dividing property), child custody, child support, alimony and alienation of affections. Most of the time, family law means litigation. I’m ready to help my clients in those very stressful, difficult times. I’m married and a father, so I know how important family issues are, and I’m sensitive to my clients’ personal situations. I work really hard to give my clients the personal attention their situation requires because I know their families are more important to them than anything else. I’m a good listener, which helps make me a good family law lawyer.

Everyone wants, needs and deserves to be heard when it comes to family law. I’m ready to help you.

Practice areas

Family law

• Divorce law
• Child support
• Child custody
• Alimony
• Equitable distribution
• Separation agreements
• Premarital agreements

Awards and recognition

• American Jurisprudence Book Award: Property I , Contracts II, Administrative Law, Family Law, Wills and Trusts I, Trial Advocacy, Uniform Commercial Code II
• Recipient, West Hornbook Award, 1985 and 1986
• Notes and Comments Editor, Campbell Law Review, 1986
• Campbell University, Order of the Barristers
• BV Distinguished® peer rating – Martindale-Hubbell®
• American Bar Association (Family Law Section)
• North Carolina Bar Association (Family Law Section)
• Mecklenburg County Bar Association (Family Law Section)

Admissions

• North Carolina
• 26th Judicial District
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Education

• J.D., 1986, Campbell University, cum laude
• B.S., 1983, Appalachian State University

Civic involvement

• Campbell University, Phi Kappa Phi
• Campbell University, Omicron Delta Kappa