Admitted
1976, New York; 1977, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Western, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of New York
Law School
State University of New York at Buffalo, J.D., cum laude, 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
University of Rochester, B.A., with high distinction, 1971
Memberships
Erie County (Chair, Commercial and Bankruptcy Law Committee, 1990-1993) and New York State Bar Associations.
Biographical
President, State University of New York at Buffalo Law Alumni Association (National), 1993-1994. Author: West Law's UCC Bulletin (Sept. 2001) The Supreme Importance of the UCC's Principle of ‘Uniform Construction’. Author: Book Review of Copyright, Patent, Trademark and Related State Doctrines, by Paul Goldstein, 24 Buffalo Law Review § 58, 1974. Author and Lecturer (New York State Bar Association): Employee Benefits In Bankruptcy, December, 1988 (New York City, Albany, Syracuse and Buffalo); Strategy and Tactics in Business and Commercial Litigation, November, 1991 and 1994 (Rochester); Dissolution of Limited Liability Companies (Albany, Rochester and Buffalo); Federal Civil Litigation, October, 2000 (Buffalo). Panel Member, New York State Builder and Developer Magazine and Conference: Architect and Engineer Liability, 1994 (Rochester). State University of New York at Buffalo: Lecturer III at School of Management, 1979—; Instructor at the School of Law, 2002—. Presentations: Builders, Owners and Contractors in Bankruptcy; Liability of Officers and Directors of Insolvent Corporations; Litigating in Bankruptcy Court; A National Standard for Valuations (Washington, D.C.).