Law School
State University of New York at Buffalo, J.D., cum laude, 1973
Law School Graduation Year
1973
College
State University of New York at Stony Brook, B.A., cum laude, 1969
Memberships
Erie County (Member, Products Liability Advisory Counsel), New York State and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute (Past President); American Arbitration Association; International Association of Defense Counsel; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; Lawyers for Civil Justice (President-elect, 2003-2004).
Biographical
Senior Member, Buffalo Law Review, 1973. Listed in: Who's Who in American Law. Chair, Products Liability Committee, Defense Research Institute, 1994-1997, Distinguished Service Award, Defense Research Institute. Chair, Products Liability Committee, Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section, 1989-2002; Committee Chair of the Year; Chair, Products Liability Seminar, 1998-1999, New York State Bar Association. Editor and contributing author: Products Liability in New York: Strategy and Practice, New York State Bar Association. Editor and Contributing Author, The Daubert Compendium, 2002. Co-editor-in-chief and contributing author: Preparing for and Trying the Civil Lawsuit, 1987, Supplement, 1997, New York State Bar Association. Author: New York Chapter, Admissibility of Expert Testimony: A State-By-State Compendium, Defense Research Institute, 1996; New York chapter, Products Liability Defenses: A State-by-State Compendium, 1992, Defense Research Institute. Co-author: Finding the Facts in Products Liability Litigation, For The Defense, 1996, Defense Research Institute; Defense Counsel's Approach to Cross-Examination in the Post- Daubert Era, For The Defense, 1996; The Hunter, the Ostrich, and the Spinmaster, For The Defense, 1994; Selecting and Coordinating Expert Witnesses, For The Defense, 1993. Author: Advocacy and Accident Reconstruction in the Defense of a Complex Motor Vehicle Accident Case, Practicing Law Institute, 1987.