Private practice since 1996 after interning at the Justice Dept. and Court of Federal Claims, and having clerked under Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr. Current trial court and appellate practice concentrated in Estate & Trust Litigation (fiduciary/inheritance-related disputes), with substantial general civil/commercial litigation, ADR (mediation/arbitration), and, increasingly, business-owner/partnership disputes and non-profit board representation building on more than two decades of extensive creditor's rights/bankruptcy litigation, lending/borrowing default collections and loan workout experience and real estate litigation including title, lien, partition, commercial/residential contract and leasing (landlord/tenant) issues, HOA/condo, and contractor disputes. Expert witness and advisory services re: legal fees and bankruptcy-related divorce matters.Licensed to practice: VA, MD and DC (state and federal district/bankruptcy/appellate courts; Fourth Circuit; US Supreme Court. Community and Bar-related activities. Current: Board Member/Chairman, Metropolitan School of the Arts; Board Member/Immediate Past Chairman, South Fairfax Chamber of Commerce; Little League Umpire, WSLL; Stadium Announcer, SCHS. Prior Service: President, Fairfax Bar Association (FBA); Committee Chair/ASM, Boy Scout Troop 688; President, OSSPOA (Corolla, NC); President, Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Bar Association; Member, Local Rules Committee for the US Bankruptcy Court for the EDVA; President, Walter T. McCarthy Law Library (Arlington, VA); Chairman (FBA Law Library Committee), Fairfax Public Law Library; Referee/Starter, VHSL/NVSL. Graduated from Dartmouth College in 1991, I received my J.D. from George Mason University School of Law after serving two years as Staff Aide to the President of the National Insurance Crime Bureau (and its predecessor, the Insurance Crime Prevention Institute).