Admitted: 1976, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1984, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; 1999, South Carolina; U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Law School: Columbia University, J.D.
Member: Charleston County Bar Association.
Biography: Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Associate, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, NY, NY, 1975-1985; Associate General Counsel, PaineWebber, Inc., NY, NY, 1985-1995; General Counsel, U.S. Chequepointe, NY, NY, 1995-1999; Hood Law Firm, Charleston, S.C., 1999-2001; Of Counsel, Clawson & Staubes, LLC, Charleston, S.C., 2001-2005.
Born: Charleston, South Carolina, April 10, 1946
Cases: Fund of Funds, Limited v. Arthur Andersen & Co., 545 F.Supp. 1314 (SDNY 1982); PaineWebber v. Pitchford, 721 F.Supp. 542 (S.D.N.Y. 1989); PaineWebber v. Rutherford, 903 F.2d 106 (2d Cir. 1990).