Admitted
1969, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1988, U.S. District Court, Western, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1991, U.S. Claims Court; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Secon
Law School
Syracuse University, J.D., 1969
Law School Graduation Year
1969
College
New York University, A.B., 1965
Memberships
Albany County, Montgomery County, Saratoga County, New York State (Member, Board of Directors and Chairman, Governmental Regulations Committee, Insurance Negligence and Compensation Law Section, 1989) and American Bar Associations; Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine; American Academy of Forensic Sciences; Defense Research Institute; Defense Research Institute of Northeastern New York; International Association of Defense Counsel; International Law Society (AIDA); Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. (Sustaining Member); SAE International (Affiliate Member); American Board of Trial Advocates; National Association of Legal Authors; Trial Attorneys of America; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; New York Trial Lawyers Association; Capital District Trial Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Author: Litigating the Warning Case in New York, NYSBA, 1989; Automotive Accident Reconstruction and Seat Belt Defense, NYSBA, October 1991; Modern Tactics, Strategies and Techniques in the Trial, NYSBA, March 1992; Litigating the Complex MV Case, Practicing Law Institute Seminar, November 1992; Expert Witnesses-Selection, Preparation & Examination, NYSBA, 1993; Product Liability Litigation - Post Daubert: A 'Nuts and Bolts' Analysis in a New Era - Motion Practice, NYSBA, March 1994; Hedonic Damages, 1995; Direct Examination of Defendant's Neurologist, NYSBA, 1995; Issues Unique to Automobile and Crashworthiness Litigation, NYSBA, 1996-2002. Lecturer: Products Liability, Substantive Developments in the Law of Manufacturing and Design Defect Liability, NYSBA, 1997; Products Liability in New York: Strategy and Practice, NYSBA, 1997; Cross-Examination of Plaintiff's Treating Physician, Saratoga County Bar Association Seminar, 1998; Technical Expert and Use of Demonstrative Evidence, Saratoga County Bar Association Seminar, 1998. Member, Board of Directors, 1982-1985 and President, 1984, Defense Research Institute of Northeastern New York. Member, National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.