Photographic portrait, 1995
Born 1940 in Newark, New Jersey.
Elected by the General Assembly on February 25, 1995 to an eight-year term beginning June 1, 1995 to fill the vacancy created by the death of Bernard G. Barrow. Reelected January 21, 2003. Service terminated by retirement.
Education:
Elmira College, B.A., 1962
Yale University, M.A., 1967
American University, J.D., 1978
Other judicial service:
Hearing officer, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1979-1986.
Hearing officer, Fairfax County Civil Service Commission, 1980-1989.
Commissioner in chancery, Fairfax Circuit Court, 1988-1989.
Judge, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, 1989-1995.
Professional career:
French teacher for public schools in Ramsey, New Jersey, 1962-1963, and Greenwich, Connecticut, 1964-1965.
Newspaper reporter and feature writer for The Montgomery Advertiser/Journal in Montgomery, Alabama, 1965-1968.
Private practice of law in Fairfax, Virginia, 1978-1986, and Vienna, Virginia, 1986-1989.
Adjunct professor of law, legal writing, and research at George Mason University, 1988-1990.
Sources:
Elected, Journals of the Senate of Virginia, 1995 Regular Session, 1566, 1571; reelected, Journals of the Senate of Virginia, 2003 Regular Session, 312; retired effective January 1, 2005, Journals of the Senate of Virginia, 2005 Regular Session, 13; designated senior judge in 2005, 44 Va.App., v; date of birth, education, professional career, and other judicial service, The American Bench: Judges of the Nation (Forster-Long, Inc., 2001-2002), 2446; early professional career, vertical file, Virginia State Law Library; retired from senior status, 65 Va.App., iii.