Admitted
1978, Pennsylvania
Law School
Duquesne University, J.D., 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 1974
Memberships
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania and American (Vice Chair, Workers' Compensation Committee, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section) Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Defense Institute (Member, Workers' Compensation Committee); National Self-Insurers' Association.
Biographical
News Editor, Juris Magazine, 1977-1978. Law Clerk to the Honorable James Walsh, President Judge, Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas, 1978-1979. Author: Workers' Compensation and its Relationship with the Heart and Lung Act, Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, 1995-07; Pennsylvania Supreme Court Confirms That Termination Means Termination, Defense Digest, Vol. 2, No. 9, 1996; Subrogation in Workers' Compensation, Counterpoint, 1997-01; Defining the ADA: Interpretations and Implications of Recent Cases Involving ADA, Pennsylvanian, 1997-05; Litigation in State Workers' Compensation Claims, The Complete Lawyer, Vol. 14, No. 3, Summer 1997; Heart and Lung Act Update, Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, 1998-01; Seasonal Employment in Workers' Compensation, Counterpoint, 1998-07; Wise Use of Defense Counsel Reduces Work Comp Cases, Workers' Compensation Monitor, 1998-07; Commonwealth Court Changes the Rules on Medical Testimony in Pennsylvania, Workers' Compensation (PSIA Newsletter), 1999-01; U.S. Supreme Court Upholds PA Workers' Compensation Law, The PULSE, 1999-09; Telecommuters or Homeworkers, Workers' Compensation (PSIA Newsletter), 1999-11; Commonwealth Court Continues to Define 'Incarceration' Under the Workers' Compensation Act, Counterpoint, 2000-01; Pennsylvania Supreme Court Modifies Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Law Regarding Return to Work, Counterpoint, 2000-10. Co-Editor-in-Chief, Workers' Compensation Guide, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry, 1997—. Associate Professor, Legal Studies Program, Marywood College, Scranton, 1987, 1989, 1991. Assistant Solicitor, City of Scranton, 1988-1989. Member, International Association of Industry Boards and Commissions.