Admitted
1981, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, Eleventh and District of Columbia Circuits; 1985, Florida and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Hofstra University Law School, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
American University, B.A., 1974
Biographical
Author: Defense Advocacy Under The Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Federal Probation (1989) cited in, Note, An Argument For Confrontation Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, 105 Harv. L. Rev. 1880 (1990); Hidden Disparity Under the Sentencing Guidelines, 4 Federal Sentencing Reporter 148 (1991); cited in, Hon. Jose Cabranes & Prof. Kate Stith, Fear of Judging: Sentencing Guidelines in Federal Courts, Un. of Chicago Press (1998). Conference Summary: Symposium on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, 101 Yale L. J. 2053 (1992). New Guidelines For Sentencing Corporations, Trial (1992)(with A. Chaset), cited in, Note, Probation and the Failure to Optimally Deter Corporate Misconduct, 71 S. Calif. L. Rev. 1075 (1998). Guest Lectures: Yale Law School Sentencing Symposium (1992), Yeshiva University Cardozo Law School (Symposium on Departure Advocacy) (1993). Faculty: ABA National Institutes on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, 1991, 1992. Federal Public Defender, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Sentencing Guidelines), 1998. Bar Service: Chair/Vice Chair, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Sentencing & Prisoners Rights Committee, 1987-1999; Vice Chair, ABA Sentencing Committee, 1993.