Areas of Experience

Personal injury, medical malpractice, premises liability, bankruptcy, business dissolution, condemnation, construction, contracts, defamation, employment, environmental, financial, insurance coverage, intellectual property, local government, professional liability, real property, trusts & estates, and family law including custody & visitation.

Professional Experience

• Certified Mediator, Supreme Court of Virginia.
• .Judge, 22^nd Judicial Circuit of Virginia (City of Danville, Pittsylvania County, and Franklin County), 2001-2024; Chief Judge, 2009-2011 and 2013-2016.
• Former Principal, Woods Rogers PLC (now Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black PLC); Served in the firm’s Litigation Section, General Laws Section, and in the Health Law and Intellectual Property Groups.

Affiliations

• Former Judicial Representative, Virginia Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, Virginia Bar Association and Virginia State Bar.
• Former Member, Bench-Bar Relations Committee, Virginia State Bar.
• Former Court Mentor Judge, appointed by the Supreme Court of Virginia.
• Former Chair, Judicial Administration Committee, Judicial Council of Virginia.
• Former Member, Judicial Administration Committee of Virginia Judicial Conference.
• Former Virginia Delegate, Conference of State Trial Judges, American Bar Association.
• Former President and Director, Danville Bar Association.
• Former Executive Committee and Board Member, United Way of Danville.
• Former President and Board Member, Goodwill Industries of Danville Area, Inc.
• Former Chairperson and Board Member, Danville Area Chamber of Commerce.
• Former President and Board Member, Danville Museum of History & Fine Arts.
• Former Member, Vocational Education Foundation of Roanoke.

Education

• University of Richmond School of Law, J.D.
• Emory University, B.S.