Private practice, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1772-1776, 1811-1813
Continental Army lieutenant colonel, 1776-1781
Member, Virginia Council of State
Private practice, Virginia, 1781-1788
Commonwealth attorney, Chesterfield County, Virginia, 1783-1786
Delegate, Annapolis Convention, 1786
Judge, General Court of Virginia, 1788-1803
Professor of law, College of William and Mary, 1800-1804
Judge, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1803-1811