He has been recognized by his peers for inclusion in Business North Carolina’s 2015, 2016 and 2017 “Legal Elite” in the area of criminal law and in the 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© in the area of Litigation and Controversy – Tax. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors of the Wilson Center for Leadership in the Public Interest, Hampden-Sydney College and a member of the Southeastern Economic Development Commission.