Admitted
1983, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
Law School
Duquesne University, J.D., 1983
Law School Graduation Year
1983
College
Duquesne University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1980
Memberships
Allegheny County (Member, Sections on: Civil Litigation; Family Law; Ad Hoc Rules Committee; Co-Chair, Professionalism, 1997-1999; Member of Council, 1993-1996; Treasurer, 1998-2000; Secretary, 2000-2002; Vice-Chair, 2002-2004; Elected Member of Judiciary Committee, 1998-2001) and Pennsylvania (Member: Family Law Section; Member of Council, 1998-2000; Paternity Task Force, 1999; Statewide Task Force on Family Court Reform, 1998-2000; Executive Committee, 2000-2003) Bar Associations; Matrimonial American Inns of Court (Master); Women's Bar Association of Western Pennsylvania
Biographical
Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Duquesne University Law Review, 1982-1983. Co-Author, Family Law Discovery Forms; Pennsylvania Family Law Citator; Pre-Nuptial Agreements in Pennsylvania. Panelist, Pennsylvania Bar Institute - Equitable Distribution Update, 1992-1993. Co-Course Planner: Pennsylvania Support Law Update, 1992-1993; Family Law Taxation, 1997; Family Law Ethics, 1998; 3rd Annual Family Law Update; Drafting Marital Settlement Agreements (1999) Hot Tips in Custody; Off the Guidelines (2000); Fundamentals of Family Law (2000); 4th Annual Family Law Update, 2000; Sixth Annual Family Law Update (2002). Special Master In Divorce; Indigent Divorce Program participant. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 2003-2004; Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities. Fellow, Allegheny County Bar Foundation (2001).