Admitted
1975, New York; U.S. District Court, Western, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
State University of New York at Buffalo, J.D., 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
University of Notre Dame, A.B., 1971
Memberships
Erie County (Chairman, 1983-1987, Criminal Law Committee) and New York State (Member: Criminal Justice Section Executive Committee, 1983—; Recipient: 1997 Outstanding Practitioner Award) Bar Associations; New York State Defenders Association (Director, 1984-2001); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Charter Member, President, 1990-1991); Criminal Lawyers Association (Canada); NORML Legal Committee.
Biographical
Lecturer in Law, State University of New York at Buffalo, Trial Technique and Criminal Procedure and Appellate Practice, 1983-1991. Author: XYY: Science and the Development of the Criminal Law, In The Y Chromosome, Part B: Clinical Aspects of Y Chromosome Abnormalities, A. Sandberg, Ed., Alan R. Liss, Inc., 1985. Contributing Author: New York Criminal Practice Handbook, New York State Bar Association, 1991 (supplemented annually); New York Criminal Defense Motions, West Publishing Co., 1994. Member, Second Circuit CJA Advisory Committee, 2001-2003.