Admitted
1961, Pennsylvania
Law School
Georgetown University, J.D., 1960; University of Scranton, Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, 1987
Law School Graduation Year
1987
College
College of the Holy Cross, A.B., 1957; Villanova University, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degre
Memberships
Lackawanna County (Director, 1973-1979; Chairman, Committee on Meetings, 1973-1979; Member, Library Committee, 1976; Chairman, Jurist Committee, 1981-1983; Vice President, 1981; President, 1982-1983), Pennsylvania (Co-Chairman, Committee on Judicial Retention Election, 1977-1979; Member, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee, 1976-1979; Pennsylvania Bar Association Special Achievement Award, Codification of New Business Corporation Law—Modernization of Pennsylvania Corporation Bureau) and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Member, Georgetown University Law Journal, 1959-1960. Law Clerk to Hon. William J. Nealon, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1963-1964. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1987-1989. General Counsel to Governor Casey, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1989-1993. Permanent Member, U.S. Judicial Conference, 3rd Circuit, 1972—. Member, 1979-1986 and Chairman, 1982-1986, Board of Trustees, University of Scranton. Member, 1995-2001 and Chairman, 1999-2001, Board of Trustees, Scranton Preparatory School. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member, Hearing Committee, Disciplinary Board of Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1984-1986.
Military
U.S. Army, Infantry; Pennsylvania National Guard, 1962-1968