Admitted
1979, Pennsylvania; 1980, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Detroit, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
Lehigh University, B.A., with high honors, 1975
Memberships
Lehigh County, (Chairman, Legislative Committee, 1984-1987), Northampton County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Biographical
City Solicitor, Allentown, 1986-1994. Counsel, Allentown Police Department, 2003—. Solicitor: Borough of Emmaus, 2000—; Emmaus Utility Authority, 2001-2003. Lehigh County Clerk of Courts, Civil and Criminal Divisions, 1982-1998. Law Clerk to: Hon. James N. Diefenderfer, Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas, 1979-1980; Hon. Francis X. O'Brien, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Oakland County, Michigan, 1978-1979. Pennsylvania State Chairman, National Institute of Municipal Law Officers (NIMLO), 1987-1989. Member: Lehigh County Court's Civil Rules Committee; Lehigh County's Orphans' Court Rules Committee.