• Born November 8, 1936 and raised in McGraws, Wyoming County, West Virginia
• Married to Jorea Marple, and has four children
• Attended West Virginia University, Graduated with B.A., M.A., and J.D.
• Awarded post-graduate Fellow/Scholar funded by the Ford Foundation
• Served as counsel to West Virginia Governor Hulett C. Smith
• Served as general attorney to the federal government in State Department
• Served as counsel to West Virginia Legislature
• Was in private practice from 1969-1976
• Justice of West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, 1976-1988
• Chief Justice of West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, 1984 and 1988
• Elected as 35th West Virginia State Attorney General 1992-Current (Elected 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
• Appointed to Council of State Governments by National Association of Attorneys General

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