Education
- Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, North Carolina
- Honors: American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in Contracts
- Honors: Dean's List
- Law Review: Wake Forest Law Review
- Campbell University
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration - 1987
- Honors: President of the Adam Smith Club, Campbell’s second largest club
- Honors: Listed in the United States Directory of “Outstanding Young Men in America
- Clinton High School
- Honors: President of the Senior Class
- Honors: President of Future Farmers of America
- Honors: American Farmer degree
- Honors: Voted “most likely to succeed” by his senior classmates
Classes/Seminars
- keynote speaker at the Martin Luther King, Jr., event in January 2010
Honors and Awards
- Selected as an All American City, a national distinction
- Clinton-Sampson Chamber of Commerce Multi-Cultural
- Business Committee’s Martin Luther King, Jr., Award
- Honorary Chairman, March of Dimes Walk America, 2003 - Present
- Honorary Chairman, March of Dimes Walk America, 2004 - Present
- Best Elected Official in Sampson County, 2003 - Present
- Best Elected Official in Sampson County, 2004 - Present
- Best Elected Official in Sampson County, 2008 - Present
- Civic Pride Clean-Up Day, District 5 Steering Committee Outstanding Service, October 7, 2006 - Present
- NCBA Citizen Lawyer Award, 2010 - Present
- The Best Lawyers in America, 19th -21st Editions, 2012 - Present
- Clinton-Sampson Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Chamber Member of the Year; 2012, 2012 - Present
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Corporate Counsel for Platinum Corral, LLC d/b/a Golden Corral
- Counsel for Coastal Carolina Pumping
- Counsel for Johnston Memorial Hospital
- Sampson Regional Medical Center in Clinton, Trustee, General Counsel
- Campbell University Board of Presidential Advisors, Trustee
- Clinton branch of First Citizens Bank, Board Member
- Clinton/Sampson Airport Authority, Chairman
Pro Bono Activities
- Board Member, Sampson Community College Foundation
- Board Member, First Citizen’s Bank, Clinton Branch
- Board Member, First Citizens Bank, Clinton Branch Local Board