After graduation from State I went to law school at UNC. Duke’s Law School then hired me to work in their legal aid program. I worked in legal services for 4 years and then went into private practice in Durham. I started a partnership with several other lawyers and finally went out on my own somewhere around 1984. After 30 years of practicing law in Durham I moved my practice to Chapel Hill to be nearer home and the kids. I closed my practice in 2007 and took an appointment as a Magistrate for Orange County which I still hold. Since graduating from State except for three years I have lived in Chapel Hill/Carrboro.

In 1981, I married my wife Nancy Berson. She is from Raleigh and went to Broughton High School before going to college at UNCG and UNC. She is the Asst. Director of the Program on Childhood Trauma and Maltreatment under the Dept. of Psychiatry at UNC.

As for me besides bragging on my kids I like to cook. Every year between Thanksgiving and Christmas I smoke turkey breasts and grill pork tenderloins for our friends and neighbors. In the spring and summer I put up pickles and jams. My daughter had me make 108 half pints of pickles and jams for her wedding. Last Christmas my son Jordan and I smoked a Boston butt, pulled it and mixed it with Eastern NC BBQ Sauce. It was the hit of the holiday. A month ago I cured and smoked four pounds of bacon. You cannot match the taste with anything bought at the local Teeter. I have not kept up with any of the brothers for several years. I’ve talked to Jack Bostrom a few times and in 1986 saw Jeff Schneider and his wife while Nancy and I were at a conference in NOLA. This does not mean I have forgotten them or don’t hold those years precious for those years at the fraternity were some of the happiest days of my life. The experience is one that I treasure. The fraternity gave me more than I’m sure I gave it. I am looking forward to renewing old friendships.