Admitted
1952, Pennsylvania; 1965, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Pittsburgh, J.D., with highest honor, 1952
Law School Graduation Year
1952
College
University of Pittsburgh, B.A., 1949
Memberships
Allegheny County (Chairman, Medical Legal Committee, 1970—; Chairman, Antitrust and Class Action Section, 1974; President, 1975; President, Federal Court Section, 1990), Pennsylvania (Member: Board of Governors, 1976-1979; House of Delegates, 1979-1996) and American (Member, Sections of: Litigation; Antitrust Law; Member, House of Delegates, 1980-1982) Bar Associations; Permanent Delegate, Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Circuit Judicial Conference; Member, Lawyers Advisory Board, 1990; Chair, Civil Justice Advisory Group of the United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1991-1995 and Steering Committee, 1995—; National Conference of Bar Presidents; Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County (Member, Board of Governors); Pennsylvania Bar Institute (Director, 1979-1982; Lecturer in Evidence and Trial Advocacy, 1980-1984; Member, Curriculum Planning Committee, 1986—)
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Member, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 1950-1952. Permanent Delegate, Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1958—. Co-Author: Litigating Health Care Non-Compete Cases, National Health Lawyers Seminar, 1994; EEO Class Actions in The New Millennium from the Plaintiff's Perspective, in Litigating Employment Discrimination Cases (PLI, 1998); Judicially Created Immunities: Patrick v. Burget, ABA Anti-Trust Section Forum on Health Law, 1988; Limitations on Access to Hospitals by Allied Health Professionals, ABA Anti-Trust Section Forum on Health Law, 1986; 1956-1965 Survey of Pennsylvania Law of Evidence, 27 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 509, 1966. Chairman, Public Parking Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, 1970-1974. Member, National Board, American Civil Liberties Union, 1985—; Third Circuit Historical Society Board; Pennsylvania Supreme Court Historical Society Board. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Pennsylvania Bar Foundation.