Admitted
1984, Pennsylvania; 1992, District of Columbia
Law School
Temple University, J.D., 1984
Law School Graduation Year
1984
College
Villanova University, B.A., cum laude, 1979
Memberships
Philadelphia (Member, Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention, Investigative Division), Pennsylvania, Federal (Member, Criminal Law Committee), and American (Member, Complex Crimes Litigation Committee) Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board (Hearing Committee); National Health Lawyers Association; Justinian Society (Secretary, Board of Governors).
Biographical
President, Moot Court Board, 1983-1984. Author: Health Care Fraud, The Government's Next Campaign, Vol. 57, No. 1, The Philadelphia Lawyer (Spring 1994); Teaching Hospitals Face Difficult Risk Analysis, Vol. 214, No. 7, The Legal Intelligencer, January 1996. Instructor, Advising Your Health Care Clients on How to Avoid Health Care Fraud, Continuing Legal Education Program for Certified Public Accountants, September 28, 1994. Co-Chair, Mealey's Qui Tam Provision of The False Claims Act Conference: A Practioner's Forum, June 12-13, 2000. Presenter, The Qui Tam Provisions of the False Claims Act: Even Success Has Its Challenges, ABA Health Law Litigation, Summer, 1996; Qui Tam Practice and Procedure, Federal Bench Bar Conference, June 5, 1998; What Should You Be Worried About As A Medical Provider?, Christiana Care Corporation, April 30, 1998; Anatomy of a Whistleblower Case, National Health Lawyers Association/American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys, Washington, DC, October 1997; Managed Health Care Liability: Avoidance and Defense, Business Development Associates Conference, Chicago, IL, September 1997. Speaker: When An Auditor Calls: 10 Steps to Reduce Your Risk, American Medical News; Fourth Annual Health Law Institute, April 1998; Third Annual Health Law Institute - April 1997; Andrews Publications Conference on Health Care Fraud, New Orleans, LA - May 6-7, 1996; PBI Second Annual Health Law Institute - March 1996; ATLA-NJ Educational Foundation Program, Edison, NJ, February 1996. Faculty, National Health Lawyers - Fraud and Abuse Conference, Arlington, VA, October 1996. Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, 1984-1986.