I was born and raised in Kinston, North Carolina right here where I practice law. I graduated from Kinston High School in 2001, then enrolled in UNC-Chapel Hill where I graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. I worked for about 3 years before developing a passion for becoming a lawyer and enrolled in the University of Tulsa College of Law in the fall of 2008. I graduated from law school in the fall of 2011, studied for the North Carolina bar exam that summer, and passed the bar exam in the fall of 2011. I opened my own practice in Kinston in January of 2012 and have been practicing as a solo practitioner since that time. My practice has evolved into a general practice, wherein I primarily handle criminal defense and traffic tickets, family law cases, real estate matters, and business litigation. I am a past board member of the Kinston Community Health Center, and am currently serving as the President of the Lenoir and Greene Counties United Way. I am the incoming President of the Lenoir County Bar Association for 2018. My wife, Heather, and I have a daughter Mollie who was born in December of 2014. We are members of Westminster United Methodist Church. In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my family at the beach, playing golf, and pulling for my beloved Tarheels.