• Safeguarded agency from potential exposure to funding cuts by proposing a thorough plan to ensure continued compliance with privacy and data sharing standards for confidential student information in conformity with state and federal law.• Assisted state employees in obtaining tuition waivers and fee discounts.• Acted on behalf of the Division of Postsecondary State Authorization (DPSA) to ensure compliance related to annual reauthorization of post-secondary institutions, institutional closures, and authorization determinations.• Managed team members related to surety bond renewals, investigation and resolution of formal complaints, and compliance issues involving state statutes and agency rule violations.• Actively reviewed regulatory exemption requests, name change applications, and change of ownership submissions while supporting the division’s lead attorney in developing policy and rule revisions, assessment of litigation issues, and legal research.

My writing career began while I was in law school and has continued through the present day. Since the publication of my student law review note in 1994, I have managed to continue writing and have published numerous articles in newsletters for the Raleigh Chapter of the North Carolina Society Sons of the American Revolution as well as the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW).I have recently authored the article “Foreign Relations and the Founding of the American Republic.”, Drumbeat, 2016: Vol. 34, No. 1, 18-22, published by The General Society Sons of the Revolution. A copy of the article is attached below. Currently I am working on a project with the SUVCW to erect a national monument honoring the sacrifices of Southern Unionists. To that end, I have also authored the article “Time Cries Out, Honor Me! – A Story of the Forgotten Union Soldiers from Tennessee.” The article has been submitted to the editor of a national civil war magazine for possible publication in 2016.Most notably, I authored the book "Islamic State: The Coming Storm." The work is a condensed treatise addressing the threat presented by the Islamic State and global Islamic terrorism while exploring the genesis of these threats in the greater historical context of conflict and governance in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. I am currently revising a novel featuring I wrote in 2000-2001 that tells the story of the shift toward ultra-nationalist policies in Europe and the connection to a potential rise of National Socialism in the modern era.

• Litigated both civil and criminal matters in North Carolina on behalf of appointed and retained clients, which included drafting pleadings and motions, conducting discovery, and presenting oral motions and arguments in various state courts.• Represented clients in administrative matters before the North Carolina Utilities Commission, and the North Carolina Medical Board.• Prepared legal memorandum, correspondence, and estate documents for individual clients.

• Protected the company’s interests through litigation, regulatory compliance, and development of regulatory policy in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.• Appearances in Kentucky, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, and US Virgin Islands.• Instrumental in developing key legislation passed by the Tennessee General Assembly in 2005 and 2008, enabling Sprint to increase local revenues by up to $2,000,000 annually, and the latter which deregulated landline telecommunications services within the state, respectively.• First chair in numerous regulatory hearings, oral arguments, and complex wireless arbitration in Tennessee, while supporting internal stakeholders in negotiations of various franchise and joint-use agreements.• Developed a comprehensive settlement in North Carolina litigation preventing liability exposure to the company exceeding $1,200,000.• Represented the company in merger proceedings in Tennessee resulting in the creation of Embarq as the successor to Sprint’s legacy landline holdings.

Please see discussion under Embarq for my activities while employed with Sprint Nextel.

• Managed several employees in state and federal regulatory activities while delivering discernible results to management that demonstrated efficiencies obtained through compliance.• Directed internal stake holders to meet major regulatory deadlines including the implementation of the Federal Communication Commission’s orders concerning the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) and “Truth in Billing.”• Educated internal stakeholders by conducting seminars regarding changes in regulation that slashed costs by more than $5,000,000 in the company’s capital expenditures.

• Advised TRA directors and staff in complex utility litigation to ensure agency decisions withstood scrutiny on appeal.• Represented the agency as first chair in numerous matters before the Tennessee Court of Appeals. Prosecuted public utilities for regulatory non-compliance.• Assigned as a hearing officer to prepare matters for hearing by the agency, and was appointed to serve as an administrative law judge to preside over cases for determination on the merits.• Served as member of the drafting committee responsible for developing agency rules, rule revisions, and regulatory policy in the state, and drafted a large number of the agency’s final orders.http://www.tn.gov/tra/

• Drafted pleadings and discovery requests for the defense of product liability and workers’ compensation litigation, conducted depositions, and prepared legal memorandum. • Represented corporate clients in Chancery Court, negotiated disputes, and prepared settlements for approval in Tennessee Chancery and General Sessions Courts.

• Represented clients in criminal matters, including the conduct of preliminary hearings, and supported firm partner and investigator in defending a first-degree murder trial. • Conducted client interviews, worked with clients on contract reformation, and generally represented plaintiffs in tort litigation and employment matters.