1974-1993 Private Practice, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1978-1983 Assistant City Attorney, City of Oakland Park, Florida
1993-2004 Private Practice, Partner, Law Firm of Johnson, Smith, Hibbard & Wildman

Admitted, Florida Bar 1974
Admitted, South Carolina Bar 1993
US Supreme Court 1980
US District Court, Southern District of Florida 1976
US District Court, District of South Carolina 1995

Member of Spartanburg County Bar Association
Member of American Bar Association

Married, Linda D. Cooper
Children, Christi G. Austin, Danielle C. Stephens and Ashley A. Cooper