Bar/Professional Activity: Member, Board of Directors of Virginia State Bar Construction and Public Contracts Law SectionMember, ABA Forum on ConstructionMember, ABA TIPS Fidelity & Surety Law CommitteeMember, International Association of Defense CounselMember, Defense Research Institute, Fidelity & Surety Committee, 2007

Scholarly Lectures and Writings: Co-authored and presented paper entitled:  "Lessons Learned:  How the 1997 Revisions to A201 Have Fared After 10 Years" at symposium on the new 2007 AIA Documents in New York City and San Antonio, Texas.  "Terms Employed in the Construction Project," Chapter in The Construction Project: Phases, People, Terms, Paperwork, Processes, American Bar Association, March 2006, co-author.  Virginia Chapter, Performance Bond Manual, American Bar Association, January 2006.  "Public Works Projects," Chapter in Bond Default Manual (3rd ed. 2005), American Bar Association, co-author.  Payment Bond Manual, Virginia Chapter, American Bar Association, 1995 and 2005.  "New Restrictions on the Surety's Right to Pursue Overpayments," Surety Claims Institute Newsletter, Vol. 17, No. 1 at 6, January 200.  "Surety's Right to Settle Its Principal's Claims," Under Construction, ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, March 2004.  "Virginia," Chapter in State Public Construction Law Sourcebook on Construction Contracting, American Bar Association, 2001.  Co-author, "The Grey Areas of Default Revisited," The Brief, American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Vol. 27, No. 1 at 33, Fall 1997., ABA Forum On Construction