- Graduated as valedictorian from Washington High School in 1966
- Earned a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering and graduated with
High Honors from North Carolina State University in 1970
- Attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Law
School and earned a Juris Doctor Degree in 1973
- Admitted to practice law in North Carolina in 1973
- Admitted to practice law in Virginia in 1975
- Admitted to practice law before the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of North Carolina in 1975
- Admitted to practice law before the United States Court of Appeals
for the Fourth Circuit in 1978
- Admitted to practice law before the United States Supreme Court in
1978
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