Kanawha County, West Virginia and American Member, Litigation Section Bar Associations The West Virginia State Bar Defense Research Institute.

Harrison County and American Bar Associations West Virginia State Bar Defense Trial Counsel.

West Virginia State Bar The District of Columbia Bar American Bar Association Member, Litigation Section and Business Law Section.

West Virginia State Bar Member Ad Hoc Committee on Judicial Selection, 1990-1995 Committee on Legal Ethics Hearing Panel, 1991-1994 Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference American Board of Trial Advocates President, West Virginia Chapter, 2001—.

West Virginia State Bar American Bar Association Member, Sections on Litigation Torts and Insurance Law Defense Research Institute West Virginia Defense Trial Counsel Environmental Law Institute.

Kanawha County, West Virginia and American Bar Associations West Virginia State Bar West Virginia Rural Water Association.

West Virginia State Bar American Bar Association Defense Research Institute Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia West Virginia Mining & Reclamation Association.

Kanawha County President, 1995-1996, Kentucky and American Bar Associations Defense Research Institute Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Member, Board of Governors, 1996—.

Kanawha County and American Fourth Circuit Governor, Student Division, 1993-1994 Bar Associations West Virginia State Bar Defense Research Institute Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia.