Admitted
1981, Pennsylvania; 1982, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Law School
Villanova University, J.D., cum laude, 1981
Law School Graduation Year
1981
College
University of Pennsylvania Hospital, RN Diploma, with honors, 1968; Neumann College, B.A., summa cum
Memberships
Philadelphia (Member, Board of Governors, 1993-1995; Chair, Membership/Bar Admissions and Placement Committee, 1987-1992; Member, Advisory Council and Chair, 2002-2003 Women in Profession Committee. Member: Council of Senior Women Attorneys; Medico-Legal Committee; Nominating Committee), Pennsylvania (House of Delegates, 1994—) and American Bar Associations; Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1992—; Secretary, 1995-1998; Treasurer, 1998—; Committee Coordinator, 1991; Member, Medical Malpractice Committee); Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Medical Malpractice Committee); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Justinian Society of Philadelphia (Treasurer); American Association of Nurse Attorneys
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Case and Comment Editor, Villanova Law Review, 1981. Author: Comment, Right to Counsel During Court Ordered Psychiatric Examinations of Criminal Defendants, 26 Villanova Law Review 135, 1980-1981; Note, N.L.R.B. v. Baptist Hospital, Union Solicitation of Hospital Employees in Patient Access Areas, 25 Villanova Law Review 583, 1979-1980. Law Clerk to Hon. Donald W. Van Artsdalen, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1981-1983. Adjunct Faculty: Villanova Law School, 1991-1994; Temple Law School, 1993—; Academy of Advocacy. Fellow: International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American College of Trial Lawyers.