Early career
Napier was admitted to the bar in 1972,and also began to serve as legislative assistant to United States Senator Strom Thurmond,while serving as minority counsel on both the Subcommittee on Administrative Practices and Procedures and the Committee on Veterans Affairs.
In 1976,he was made Senator Thurmond's chief legal assistant and legal counsel. In 1977,he was named Chief Republican Counsel to the Senate Special Committee on Official Conduct which was charged with writing the initial Code of Ethics and Financial Disclosure for the US Senate. In 1978,Napier returned to the private practice of law in Bennettsville,South Carolina,which he maintained until 1980.
U.S. House of Representatives
In 1980,Napier was elected to the 97th United States Congress as a Representative from South Carolina's 6th congressional district. He served in this capacity until 1983,having lost his bid for reelection in 1982 to Democrat Robin Tallon. He was named a Deputy Whip and served on the Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committees. Working in tandem with his Congressional neighbor,Congressman Charlie Rose (Democrat,North Carolina),he was widely credited with coalition building and crafting the bipartisan legislation for the tobacco stabilization program vital to the agricultural community of the southeast.
Claims court service
Napier was nominated by President Reagan to the United States Court of Federal Claims in 1986. He was unanimously confirmed by the Senate. At the request of the Chief Judge and his colleagues,he chaired a special committee of the judges which led to a restructuring the clerk's office and the financial office at the Court. He resigned from the court in 1989 and returned to private practice.
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