Bruce Ray Walker has served as General Counsel for the state’s higher education system since 1991. Prior to that time, he spent eight years with the West Virginia Attorney General’s Office as an assistant and later deputy attorney general. He received a B.A. degree from Michigan State University and a J.D. from Washington and Lee University College of Law.  As General Counsel, Mr. Walker is responsible for legal advice to the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, the higher education office, and to the public institutions of higher education.