Admitted
1976, Pennsylvania; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
Law School
St. Mary's University School of Law, J.D., 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
University of Scranton, B.A., 1972
Memberships
Pennsylvania Suggested Standard Civil Jury Instruction Sub-Committee; Lawyers Advisory Committee, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (1993-1995); Pennsylvania Bar Institute Civil Litigation and Trial Skills Advisory Committee. Mediator, for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Listed: The Best Lawyers in America (1995-2004); Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Member: Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Federal and American Bar Associations; American Board of Trial Advocates; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
Biographical
St. Mary's University Law Review, 1974-1975. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Torts. Author: Article, Expert Witnesses: Selecting Them, Retaining Them & Maximizing Their Role, for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1997, updated 1999); Article, Malfunction Theory In Product Liability Cases, for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1996); Article, How To Give A Persuasive Opening Statement In A Civil Case, for the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyer's Association (1992); Article, The Effective Opening Statement -- A Defense Lawyer's Perspective, from Winning The Defense Case At Trial, for the Pennsylvania Defense Institute (1988); Article, Proving Your Case Against The Commonwealth And Municipality, for the Trial Advocacy Foundation of Pennsylvania (1987); Casenote, State v. Adams, 552 P. 2d 1125 (Alaska 1974), 6 St. Mary's L.J. 759 (1974). Presentations: My Defense Of The Gloria Estefan Case, for the Trucking Industry Defense Association (1994); Automobile Insurance Update, for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (2002); Civil Practice in Northeastern Pennsylvania, for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (2002); Automobile Insurance Update, for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (2001); Examining Medical & Non-Medical Experts in Civil Litigation,' for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (2001); Automobile Insurance Update, for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (2000); Automobile Insurance Update, for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1999); Expert Witnesses: Selecting Them, Retaining Them & Maximizing Their Role, for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1999); Automobile Insurance Update, for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1998); The New Pennsylvania Rules Of Evidence, for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1998); Automobile Insurance Update, for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1997); Trial Preparation: The 100 Day Countdown, for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1997); Essentials Of Pennsylvania Practice, for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1997); Trial Evidence In The Civil Case, for the Pennsylvania Ba