I overcame all of the socio-economic barriers to become a distinguished military leader and subsequently departed the military to obtain a Juris Doctors degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I returned to my hometown in South Carolina to build a very successful law firm. I was attacked by the State of South Carolina with criminal charges, but I refused to settle. I fought the state for 10 years, prevailing on the most charges but I had to serve 100 days in prison for obstruction of justice. Despite my struggles with the State, my soul was intact and I became a powerful minister of the gospel. My rise and fall and resurrection is a testament of faith and survival.