Birth:	1958	Chicago, Illinois
Legal Residence:		North Carolina
Education:	1976 - 1980	Clemson University
		B.A. degree
	1981 - 1983	University of Virginia Law School
		J.D. degree
Bar Admittance:	1983	Virginia
	1987	North Carolina
Experience:	1981 - 1986	Michie, Hamlett, Donato & Lowry
		Law Clerk, 1981-1983
		Associate, 1983-1986
	1986 - 1987	Horn & Conrad
		Partner
	1987 - 1988	Robert J. Conrad, Jr., PA
		Sole Practitioner
	1988	Bush Thurman & Conrad
		Partner
	1989 - present	United States Attorney's Office
		Western District of North Carolina
		Assistant United States Attorney, 1989-2001
		United States Attorney, 2001-present