Mr. Showers is a principal of the firm, and is responsible for the operation of the D.C. Metro office
located in Leesburg, Virginia. His practice concentrations include commercial and civil litigation, personal
injury, non-profit and church law, alternative dispute resolution, preventive law, constitutional law, and
employment law. Before joining Simms Showers, Mr. Showers was a principal in the firm of Gammon & Grange, P.C.,
where he was in charge of the litigation department.
Education
Wake Forest University (J.D., 1980; B.A., cum laude, 1977); Wake Forest Law Review, Member (1979-1980);
Moot Court Board Justice (1979-80).
Bar Admissions
Member of the Bars of Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia and North Carolina. Also admitted to
practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fourth, Seventh, and District of
Columbia Circuits; U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina, Eastern
District of Virginia, District of Columbia, and District of Maryland; the U.S. Court of Federal Claims; and
the U.S. Court of Military Appeals.
Professional Affiliations
Founder of the National Law Center for Children and Families (1991); serves as Legal Counsel to the National
Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families (1989-present) and the Religious Alliance Against Pornography
(1989-present); Board Member, Christian Legal Society (1994-present); Vice Chair, Center for Law and Religious
Freedom; Trustee, Christian Life Commission, Southern Baptist Convention (1990-1996); National Law Center for
Children and Families (1991-present).
Background
Westmoreland, Sawyer & Miller, (1980-1981); U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina:
Assistant U.S. Attorney (Federal Prosecutor) (1982-1983), Chief of Civil Division (1983-1986); U.S. Department of
Justice: Special Assistant to the Attorney General (1986-1987), Executive Director, National Obscenity Enforcement
Unit (1987-1988), Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General (1988); National Law Center for Children and Families:
Founder & President (1990-1994), General Counsel (1994–); Author: Regulation of Pornography, 21 Wake Forest Law
Review 263 (1986), Child Sexual Exploitation and Pornography: A Guide to Prosecutors (NLC, 1995); Co-Author: Don’t
Touch That Dial--Media’s Impact on Children and Families (Huntington House, 1993), Child Exploitation and
Pornography Reference Manual (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 1993); Obscenity and Racketeering
Law Workbook (NLC, 1995); Sexually Oriented Business Law Workbook (NLC, 1995); North Carolina Task Force on Organized
Crime, Pornography and Child Abuse: Chairman (1984-1986); Gammon & Grange, P.C.(1989-2002), Shareholder, Management
Team (1995-2001) Managing Shareholder (1997-1999).
