Admitted
1979, New York; 1980, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Hofstra University, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, B.A., 1969; New York University, M.S., Mathemat
Memberships
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Medical Malpractice; Chairperson, Subcommittee on CPLR 50-A and 50-B, 1994-1995); New York State and American (Member, Section on Litigation) Bar Associations; New York County Lawyers Association (Member: Committee on Appellate Courts and Appellate Advocacy Committee); Defense Research Institute; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Biographical
Law Fellow, Moot Court Board. Assistant Professor, Mathematics, City University of New York, 1971-1977. Faculty, Continuing Legal Education, Fordham University School of Law, 1989—. Editor-in-Chief, Medical Malpractice Law and Strategy, national monthly publication. Board of Editors: Leader's Product Liability. Author: Collateral Confusion: Coping with Jury-Verdict Offsets, New York Law Journal, p.1, December 31, 1990; Can a Telephone Call Establish a Physician-Patient Relationship?, Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy, Vol. VIII, No. 3, January, 1991; The New Damages Landscape: Uncharted Territory, New York Negligence Reporter, Matthew Bender, Vol. 2, No. 3, March, 1991; For Appeals: Trial Counsel or Specialist?, Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy, Vol. VIII, No. 7, June, 1991; Psychological-Injury Standards Under Way, Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy, Vol. IX, No. 2, December, 1991; Periodic Payment of Damages-Current Problems and Future Directions, ABA National Institute, February, 1992; Significant 1992 Decisions Of The Court of Appeals In Negligence Litigation, New York Negligence Reporter, Matthew Bender, Vol. 4, April, 1993; Stillborn Can't Sue for Wrongful Death in New York, Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy, Vol. XI, No. 9, July, 1994; More Courts See Specialization as a Basis for Qualifying Experts: Who Can Testify Against Whom?, Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy, Vol. XI, No. 10, August, 1994; States Periodic Payment Scheme Creates Unconstitutional Limits, Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy, Vol. XII, No. 5, March 1995; Court of Appeals Answers Some 50A/50B Questions, New York Negligence Reporter, Matthew Bender, Vol. 6, No. 5, May 1995; Significant 1994 Decisions of the Court of Appeals, New York Negligence Reporter, Matthew Bender, Vol. 6, No. 7, July 1995; The Defense of Mental Health Professionals in Sexual Misconduct Claims, New York Negligence Reporter, Matthew Bender, Vol. 6, No. 10, October 1995; Suicide: Can A Psychiatrist Be Held Responsib