Admitted
1981, Pennsylvania; 1989, New Jersey, U.S. District Courts, District of New Jersey and Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Pennsylvania, J.D., 1981
Law School Graduation Year
1981
College
Hunter College, B.A., summa cum laude with honors in English, 1976
Memberships
Philadelphia (Member, Appellate Courts, Federal Courts and Professional Responsibility Committees), Pennsylvania, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association; ATLA-New Jersey; Selden Society (U.S.A.).
Biographical
Principal, Murphy & Viola, 1999-2001; Senior Trial & Appellate Attorney, Lewis M. Levin & Associates, Philadelphia, 1989-1998. Chief Staff Attorney, Honorable Robert N.C. Nix, Jr., Chief Justice of Pennsylvania/Justice of Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1984-1988; Senior Law Clerk, 1983-1984; Law Clerk to Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Henry X. O'Brien, 1981-1982.