Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia on January 6, 1964; educated at Virginia Wesleyan College, (B.A.); T.C. Williams School of Law (J.D.); Attorney At Law; married Lisa Kraus Stuart; Episcopal Church; Episcopal Church; Woodland Academy (Past Chairman of the Board); Virginia State Bar 6th District Disciplinary Committee (Past Chairman); Trustee, Westmoreland County Volunteer Fire Department; Northern Neck Bar Association; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; Northern Neck Land Conservancy; Potomac Watershed Roundtable Commission; Rappahannock River Basin Commission; State Water Control Board; Energy & Environment Commission; Bay Trust Company (former Board Member); Bank of Lancaster (former Board Member); Riverside Tappahannock Hospital (former Board Member); George Washington National Memorial Foundation (former Board Member); Governor's Appointee for Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission; Commission on VSAP; Chairman, FOIA Advisory Council; Indigent Defense Commission; Member, Special committee on Criminal Discovery Rules; Member, Committee on District Courts ; Member of the Senate: 2008-