PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

South Carolina Bar
 Board of Governors           
 House of Delegates, 14th Circuit Representative   
 Practice and Procedure Committee
 Conventions Committee
 Nominating Committee
 Judicial Qualifications Committee
South Carolina Bar Foundation
 Board of Directors
American Board of Trial Advocates
 President-Elect, Charleston, SC Chapter         
American Bar Association                                                            
 South Carolina Liaison, Section of Litigation                               
 Women Advocate Committee       
Defense Research Institute                                                           
 Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
 Chair
 Vice-Chair      
Women in the Law Committee                               
 State Liaison Subcommittee Chair
National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations                     
 President
 Vice President
 Secretary
 Board of Directors    
 Liaison, ABA Commission on Women in the Profession                              
The Riley Institute at Furman University’s Diversity Leadership Initiative
 Lowcountry Class VIII
South Carolina Women Lawyers Association                                
 President
 Board of Directors
Beaufort County Bar Association                                                   
 Secretary
 Community Law Week Coordinator
Technical College of the Lowcountry                                             
     Paralegal Program Advisory Committee      

 

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES   

2014 -present
2006-present
2012-present
 
2013-present
2008-2012
2001-2005

2014-present

2016-present


2005-2011


2016-present
2014-2016

2012-2015


2010-2011
2005-2009
2004-2005
2003-2014

2003-2014

2003
1997-2005


2000-2002
1997 & 1998
1999-2009

2014-present

2009-2010
2008-2014

2010-2015

2007-2015
 
2007-2015
 
2007-2010
 
2004-2007
2003
1999-2008
 
2004-2005
2001-2003
 
1995-2001
 
1995-1996
 
1999-2000

 

Penn Center Advisory Board
Lowcountry Legal Volunteers

 President
 Board of Directors
Historic Beaufort Foundation
 Board of Directors
Broad River Healthcare
 Board of Directors
The Surgery Center of Beaufort
 Board of Directors                      
Beaufort Memorial Hospital Institutional Review Board
 Member
Friends of Caroline Hospice
 President
 Vice-President
 Board of Directors
League of Women Voters, Northern Beaufort County
 President
 Board of Directors, Voter Services Chair
Child Abuse Prevention Association
 Board of Directors  
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League
 Best of Beaufort Annual Fund Raising Chair
Technical College of the Lowcountry
 Instructor

 

EDUCATION


1990-1993

1986-1990
 
1992-1993
 
 
 
1992-1993
 
 
1992-1993
 

Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, NC   
 J.D.
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
 B.A., Business Management
Honors/Activities     
Moot Court
 Executive Board Member
 1991 Stanley Cup Competition, Final 16
Student Trial Bar         
 Vice-President                                                             
 1992 Zeliff Trial Competition
 1990 First Year Student Trial Bar Competition, Quarter-Finalist
The Justice Joseph Branch American Inn of Court

 

bar admissions

  • South Carolina Bar 
  • North Carolina Bar 
  • U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina 
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit 
  • U.S. Supreme Court