Experience

Virginia State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• General Counsel

  • Dec 2003 - Present

  Legal counsel to Virginia State University. Legal counsel to Virginia State University.



Attorney General of Virginia

• Senior Assistant Attorney General

  • May 1997 - Dec 2003

  Legal counsel to the State Health Commissioner on all matters pertaining to certificates of public need for hospitals, nursing homes and other medical facilities doing business in Virginia; legal counsel to the Virginia Board of Medicine, the Board of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, the Board of Nursing Home Administrators, and the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; legal counsel to the State Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services; legal counsel to Eastern State Hospital; legal counsel to Catawba Hospital; legal counsel to Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute; and legal counsel to the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation.



Attorney General of Virginia

• Assistant Attorney General

  • Feb 1981 - Jul 1994

  Prosecuted consumer fraud cases under Virginia's consumer protection statutes; handled criminal appeals before the Supreme Court of Virginia; drafted the Virginia Health Spa Act; served as legal counsel to James Madison University, George Mason University, Christopher Newport University and Virginia State University by providing legal advice and assistance to the administrations of those higher education institutions, and trial defense on a wide array of matters, including labor and employment cases.