Admitted
1987, New York; 1990, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Law School
Syracuse University College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1986
Law School Graduation Year
1986
College
University of Chicago, B.A., with honors, 1983
Memberships
New York State Bar Association (Chair: Special Committee on Student Loan Assistance for the Public Interest, 2001—; Chair, Committee on Attorneys in Public Service, 2000-2001; Member: Membership Committee; Health Law Section).
Biographical
Notes and Comments Editor, Syracuse Journal of Law & Commerce. Member, Moot Court Board, 1985-1986. President, Law Student Senate, 1985-1986. Recipient: Dean Paul Shipman Andrews Memorial Award; Moot Court Team Award; Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Medal for Excellence in Advocacy; Best Overall Advocate All Rounds, Region 11, National Trial Competition; Best Oral Argument 1984 Regional Finals, National Appellate Competition. Author: New York's Legal Framework for Protecting Transmission of HIV by Infected Health Care Workers, 6 Health Law Journal 17 (2001); Criminal Procedure in 1993 Survey of N.Y. Law, 45 Syracuse L. Rev. 209 (1994); Criminal Procedure in 1992 Survey of N.Y. Law, 44 Syracuse L. Rev. 189 (1993); Criminal Procedure in 1991 Survey of N.Y. Law, 43 Syracuse L. Rev. 247 (1992); The Judicial Philosophy of Benjamin Cardozo, N.Y. Law Journal July 21, 1988, at 2 . Co-Author: Administrative Practice Before the New York State Department of Health in New York State Administrative Procedure and Practice , Chapter 14, (P. Borchers and D. Markell, 2nd edition 1988); School Violence and the Constitution: The Limits of the Law, 19 Law Studies 26 (1994); Revision Author: Chapter 9, (Disposition of the Appeal) and 10, (Motions for Reargument), in Newman, New York Appellate Practice . General Counsel, New York State Department of Health, 1995-2000. Counsel, Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York, 1995. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of New York, 1990-1995. Law Clerk to Hon. Judith S. Kaye, Associate Judge, New York Court of Appeals, 1988-1990. Staff Attorney, New York Court of Appeals, 1987-1988. Associate, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, 1987. Law Clerk to Hon. Irving Ben Cooper, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 1986-1987. Member: Advisory Group to the New York State and Federal Judicial Council (Chair, Subcommittee on Increased Communication Between the State and Federal Courts, 2001—); Syracuse University College of Law, Board of Visito