Admitted
1982, New York; 1983, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern Districts of New York; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
State University of New York-Buffalo, J.D., magna cum laude, 1981
Law School Graduation Year
1981
College
State University of New York-Buffalo, B.A., cum laude, 1973
Memberships
Erie County, New York State and National Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute.
Biographical
Member 1979-1981 and Senior Editor, 1980-1981, Buffalo Law Review. Recipient, Moot Prize for Academic Excellence. Confidential Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge John T. Elfvin, Western District of New York, 1981-1983. Co-Author: Examining the Plaintiff's Burden of Proof In Injury Enhancement Cases, New York State Bar Journal, April, 1985. Co-Author: Underinsured Motorists Coverage: The New York Experience, The Arbitration Journal, September, 1987. Author: Significant Recent Developments in The Law of 'Bad Faith' in New York, The INCL Journal, June, 1993. Author: Bad Faith: Gross Disregard Standard Confirmed and Applied by the New York State Court of Appeals, The INCL Journal, June, 1994. Speaker at numerous Continuing Legal Education Seminars on various Insurance Law topics. Mayoral Appointee to the Nominating Committee, City of Buffalo Board of Ethics, 1988-1997.