Admitted
1950, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1961, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Law School
University of Pennsylvania, LL.B., 1949
Law School Graduation Year
1949
College
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1946
Memberships
Philadelphia (Member: Medico-Legal Committee, 1956-1977; Committee on Civil Judicial Procedure, 1956-1982, Chairman, 1965-1966; Bench Bar Committee, 1958-1977. Chairman, 1961-1963; Committee on Common Pleas Courts, 1961-1966; Professional Education Committee, 1977-1981; Sub-committee on Judicial Administration, 1964-1968; Committee on Constitutional Revision, 1964; Committee on Censors, 1966-1969, Chairman, 1968; Board of Governors, 1969 and 1972-1975; Committee on Constitutionality of Residence Requirements for Judicial Appointment, 1972; Vice Chairman, Automobile Accidents Reparations Committee, 1972), Pennsylvania (Member, 1968—, Chairman, 1970, 1971; Section of Insurance, Negligence & Compensation Law, 1972-1975; Section on Litigation, 1982—; Member: Committee on Business of Trial Courts, 1972-1974; House of Delegates, 1973-1987; Committee on Specialization, 1968-1980; Committee on Judicial Administration, 1983) and American (Vice-Chairman, President's Reception, 1968; Member: Committee on Trial Techniques, 1969-1987; Sections on: Tort and Insurance Practice Law: Judicial Administration) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Pennsylvania Bar Institute (Member, Executive Committee, 1980-1983); Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association; American Judicature Society; Lawyers' Club of Philadelphia (Member, Board of Governors, 1966-1969, 1971-1974; President, 1977-1978); Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Member, Board of Governors, 1987-1991; State Chairman for Pennsylvania, 1990-1995); American Board of Trial Advocates; The Inner Circle of Advocates
Biographical
Author: Civil Litigation on behalf of Crime Victims, Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly, Vol. LVIII, No. 2, April, 1987. Adjunct Professor of Law in Trial Advocacy, Temple University Law School. Lecturer and Course Planner, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1970-1998. Member, County Board of Law Examiners, 1956-1959. Judge Pro Tem, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Mediator, Federal Court. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Foundation.