Areas of Experience

Personal injury, medical malpractice, domestic relations, product liability, business dissolution, condemnation, construction, contracts, corporate disputes, defamation, local government issues, professional liability, real estate, trusts & estates.

Professional Experience

• Certified Mediator, Circuit Court-Civil and Circuit Court- Family Law, Supreme Court of Virginia.
• Judge, Circuit Court of the 27^th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, 1994-2015. Chief Judge, 1997-1999 and 2009-2011.
• Former President and Past Partner, Warren, Gibb & Scheid.

Affiliations

• Former Member, Executive Committee, Judicial Conference of Virginia.
• Master Emeritus, Ted Dalton Inn of Court. Former Member of the Executive Committee.
• Former Member and Convener, Ethics Committee, 9^th District (Eastern Section), Virginia State Bar.
• Former Member, Board of Directors, New River Valley Legal Aid.
• Former Member, Board of Directors, Giles County United Way.
• Former Member, Board of Directors, First Virginia Bank Southwest. Former Member of the Bank’s Executive Committee.
• Past President of various civic and community organizations, including the Pearisburg Lions Club, Giles Soccer Association, Giles Country Club, Friends of Giles County, and New River Valley Tennis Association.
• Managing Editor, University of Richmond Law Review, 1974-1975.
• Captain, Men’s Tennis Team, University of Richmond, 1972.

Education

• University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law, J.D.
• University of Richmond, B.A.