Admitted
1974, Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Law School
Temple University Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
Washington and Jefferson College, B.A., 1967; State University of New York, M.A., 1968
Memberships
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Defense Institute (President, 1988—; Member, Board of Directors, 1981—; Chairman, Professional Liability Committee, 1982—); Defense Research Institute; American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics; American Hospital Association; Philadelphia Association Defense Counsel; American Judicature Society; Pennsylvania Association for Health Care Risk Management; Pennsylvania Association Arson Investigation; American Board of Trial Advocates
Biographical
Executive Editor, Temple Law Quarterly, 1973-1974. Author: Contributor, ABA Antitrust Section Monograph: Refusals to Deal, 1983, Comment, 46, Temple Law Quarterly, pg. 606, 1974. Associate Editor, Philadelphia County Reporter, 1980—. Adjunct Faculty: Temple University School of Law, LL.M., Trial Advocacy; Temple University Academy of Advocacy. Lecturer: Graduate School of Business Administration, Temple University, 1975-1977. Law Clerk to Hon. Donald W. Van Artsdalen, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1974-1976. Member, Pennsylvania Select Committee on Medical Malpractice, 1985. Recipient of Fred H. Sievert Award, 1989 Outstanding Defense Bar Leader presented by Defense Research Institute. Judge Pro-Tempore, Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, 1996—. Chairman, Hearing Committee, Disciplinary Board of Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1993-1998. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1995—. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; International Academy of Trial Lawyers.