Law School
Univ. of Pennsylvania, J.D., summa cum laude, 1949
Law School Graduation Year
1949
College
St. John's College at Annapolis, 1941-1943
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Note Editor, Univ. of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1949. Member, Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 Advisory Group of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1991-1997; consultant to the court under that act for revision of local civil rules, 1995—; and member of the court's Civil Justice Advisory Group, 1998—. Cochairman, Joint U.S. District Court/Philadelphia Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 1990-2002. Judge Pro Tempore, Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County Day Forward and Commerce case-management programs, and Chairman of the advisory committee for the Commerce program. Certified by Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. as BBB Auto Line arbitrator. Advocate and member of the steering committee in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office Elder Justice Project elderly-victim-assistance program. Member, Advisory Board, Bureau of National Affairs Antitrust and Trade Regulation Report, 1981-1994. Director, 1984— and President, 1991-1994, The Historical Society of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Faculty participant in Pennsylvania Bar Institute and other continuing-legal-education programs on professional responsibility and federal civil procedure. Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Emeritus Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.