Personal Information

• Attorney
• Residing in Bennettsville
• Clemson Univ., B.A., 1978
• University of South Carolina, J.D., 1982
• Member, Clemson University Board of Visitors, 1997-99
• Pee Dee Tourism Commission, 1982-88
• Francis Marion University Board of Visitors, 1985-91
• Assistant Solicitor, 4th Judicial Circuit, 1982-88
• Chairman, Marlboro County Election Commission, 1986-91
• Legislative Assistant, United States House of Representatives, 1978-79
• Research Assistant, South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee, 1979-82
• President, Marlboro County United Way, 1988, Campaign Chairman, 1987
• Chairman, Boy Scout Troop 625 Commission, 1983-85
• President, Bennettsville Rotary Club and Paul Harris Fellow
• Governor's Rural Economic Leadership Award, 1999
• Elder, First Presbyterian Church of Bennettsville
• Honorary Doctorate, Francis Marion University, 2002
• Chairman, NESA I-73 Committee
• Sentencing Reform Commission, 2009-
• House Minority Leader, 2001-03