Representative Experience
- Representing numerous business and individual clients in federal, state, and local government relations matters
- Testimony before various legislative committees and subcommittees and administrative bodies
- Negotiating land purchases, business expansions and employment agreements
- Drafting and promoting legislation and administrative rules before the West Virginia Legislature and Executive Branch
- Extensive mediation, trial, trial preparation and appellate experience for several clients
- Extensive media and crisis management experience for several clients
Administrative Experience
- President, West Virginia University, 2007 - 2008
- Chief of Staff to the Office of Governor Bob Wise, 2001 - 2003
- Cabinet Secretary, West Virginia Department of Tax and Revenue, 2001
- Administrative Assistant, Office of Senator Robert C. Byrd, 1992
- Congressional Internship, Office of Congressman Alan B. Mollohan, 1989
Education
- West Virginia University, B.A. in Political Science and English Literature, 1992
- University of Oxford, Oxford, England, St. Anne's College, Rotary International Scholar, 1992 - 1993
- West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 1996
Admissions
- West Virginia State Bar
- United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
- West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
- District of Columbia Bar
Affiliations
- Member, Big East Conference Council of Presidents, 2007 - 2008
- Member, Council of Presidents, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, 2007 - 2008
- West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, 2003 - 2007
- West Virginia University Alumni Association National Board, 2001 - 2007
- West Virginia Law Institute, 2002 - 2007
- Commission on Governing in the 21st Century, 2004
- Adjunct Professor, West Virginia University, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Political Science, 2002 - 2007
- Adjunct Professor, University of Charleston, College of Business/Pre-Law, 1999 - 2000
- Guest Lecturer, West Virginia University College of Law, Client Counseling and Mediation, 1998 - 1999
Awards and Distinctions
- Selected as one of the 2004 Ten Outstanding Young Americans by the United States Jaycees
- Selected in 2003 as Toll Fellow for excellence in public service by the Council of State Governments
- Selected by Student Government Association for outstanding contribution to students of West Virginia University