Born in Milton, Florida, on July 21, 1967; educated at Hampden-Sydney College (B.S.); District of Columbia School of Law (J.D.) ; Attorney; married, Laura Stanley; Methodist; member: Methodist Church; Methodist Church; Rotary; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; Chamber of Commerce; Joint Committee of Senate Local Government and Transportation to Study Construction of Interstate 73, Chairman; Coal and Energy Commission; Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia, Board of Trustees; Manufacturing Development Commission; New College Institute, Chairman of the Board of Directors; Online Virginia Network Authority Board of Trustees, Vice Chairman; Southwest Virginia Public Education Consortium Governing Board; State Water Commission; Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission; Virginia Delegation of the Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission; Virginia Housing Commission; Western Virginia Public Education Consortium ; Member of the Senate: 2011-