Admitted
1977, U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island; 1978, New York, U.S. New York and U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 1989, U.S. Claims Court. (Not admitted in Rhode Island)
Law School
State University of New York at Buffalo, J.D., cum laude, 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
Canisius College, B.S., cum laude, 1968; State University of New York at Buffalo, M.A., 1975
Biographical
Articles Editor, Buffalo Law Review, 1976-1977. Author: Environmental Law and a Company's Environmental Program; The Corporate Environmental Program and Environmental Audits, Hazardous Materials Management, Spring, 1993. The Emergence of Strict Liability: A Historical Perspective and Other Considerations, Including Senate 100, Journal of Products Liability, Vol. 8, pp 1-40, 1985; A Practical Guide to Controlling Product Liability Costs, Defense Research Institute Monograph, No. 6, 1984; Topless Dancing and the Constitution: A New York Town Experience, 25 Buffalo Law Review 753, 1976. Co-Author: Policies and Procedures for Controlling Environmental Liability; Individual Criminal Liability Under Environmental Laws, Hazardous Materials Management, Summer, 1993; Strict Liability in the European Union - Not a United States Analog, 5 Roger Williams Law Review, 341 2000. Instructor, Legal Research and Writing, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1976-1977. Member, Advisory Group (District of Rhode Island), Civil Justice Reform Act of 1991.
Military
Colonel, USAR, ret., 1969-1973