Born:

• Asheboro, North Carolina, 1945

Education:

• University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, (B.A., Biology, 1968)
• University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, (J.D., 1986)

Admissions:

• Pennsylvania, 1988
• District of Columbia, 1989
• Maryland, 1991
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1994
• U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1998
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2000
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2005
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 2011

Member:

• The District of Columbia Bar (Member, Litigation Section)
• The Bar Association of the District of Columbia
• Maryland Bar
• Maryland State Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar
• Registered Medical Technologist and Registered Specialist, Hematology American Society of Clinical Pathologists, 1979-1983
• Licensed Insurance Agent, Health Annuities, Maryland, 1986-1989
• Licensed, National Association of Securities Dealers, 1987-1989
• American Association for Justice; Interstate Trucking Litigation Group

Awards and Honors:

• Listed, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
• Who's Who in American Law
• Strathmore's Who's Who (2002)
• National Air Disaster Foundation Safety Award, 2002

Published Cases:

• Knipe v.SmithKline Beecham, 583 F.Supp.2d 553 (E.D.Pa 2008) (holding that plaintiffs' claims are not preempted by federal law)
• Knipe v. SmithKline Beecham, 583 F.Supp.2d 602 (E.D.Pa. 2008) (holding that a drug manufacturer owes a duty to warn regarding risks associated with off-label uses and allowing plaintiffs' claims for compensatory and  punitive damages to proceed to the jury)
• Collins v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 2008 WL 744070 (Pa. Ct.Com.Pl. March 11, 2008)

Practice Areas:

• Aviation Accidents
• Commercial Truck Accidents
• Mass Disaster Litigation
• Personal Injury Law
• Pharmaceutical Drug Product Liability
• Railroad Accidents
• Wrongful Death Law