Admitted
1970, Maryland; 1971, Pennsylvania; 1972, District of Columbia; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Courts, District of Maryland, District of Columbia and Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, Third and Fourth
Law School
Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 1969; Dickinson School of Law, LL.D., 1994
Law School Graduation Year
1994
College
Dickinson College, B.S., in Chemistry, 1965; University of Pittsburgh
Memberships
The District of Columbia Bar (Co-Chairman, Medical and Legal Malpractice Committee, Section on Negligence Law, 1975-1976; Chairman, Wrongful Death Committee, Section on Negligence Law, 1976-1978; Steering Committee Member, Negligence Division, 1976-1982); Montgomery County and Maryland State Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Board of Governors, 1978-1987; State Delegate, 1987-1989; Vice Chair, 1988; Treasurer, 1989-1991; Vice President, 1991; President-Elect, 1992; President, 1993; Chairman, Public Relations Committee, 1980-1982; Home Office and Budget Committee, 1985-1987; 1989-1995); Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Member, Board of Governors, 1974; Secretary, 1975; Vice President, 1976; President, 1977, 1986; Maryland Trial Lawyers Association; West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (United Kingdom); International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American Inns of Court (Master); Counsellors; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Founder; Member, Board of Governors, 1988); International Academy of Trial Lawyers; Roscoe Pound Foundation Fellow (Trustee, 1993-1995); Tom Lambert Society; American Board of Trial Advocates; American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys; American Law Institute; American Trial Lawyers Association PAC (Board, 1992—; Chair, 1995-1997).
Biographical
Recipient, Special Recognition Award, District of Columbia Trial Lawyers Association, 1988. Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Plaintiff's Attorney of the Year, 1976. Attorney of the Year, District of Columbia Trial Lawyers Association, 1976. Vice President, Alumni Association, Dickinson School of Law, 1978-1984. (Also Of Counsel, Burke•Schultz & Harman, Martinsburg, West Virginia)