• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, (J.D. 1965)
• Wake Forest University, (1959)
• North Carolina State Courts
• United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts
• Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
• United States Supreme Court
• One of the original founders of North Carolina Society of Healthcare Attorneys (predecessor of Health Law Section of the North Carolina State Bar Association)
• One of the draftsmen of the North Carolina Regional Solid Waste Management Authority Act
• Served as counsel in the first municipal financing of a county-owned building in North Carolina
