Admitted
1974, New York Court of Appeals; 1975, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1980, U.S. Court of App
Law School
Georgetown University, J.D., 1973
Law School Graduation Year
1973
College
New York University, B.A., cum laude, 1970
Memberships
Great Neck, New York State, Pennsylvania (Member, Litigation Section; Chair, Amicus Committee), Federal (Past President, Central PA Chapter, 1995-1996; Member, National Council in recognition of outstanding commitment to the association and federal legal profession) and American Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (President-2001-2002; Member: Executive Board; Editorial Board of The Barrister, 1983; Recipient of the Milton D. Rosenberg Annual Award, 1989); Trial Lawyers for Consumers; Lycoming Law Association (Chair, Bench Bar Committee); American Law Institute (Consultant Group, Restatement Torts 3rd, General Torts, and Apportionment of Liability); American Judicature Society; Civil Justice Foundation (Founding Sponsor, 1985); Million Dollar Advocates Forum; Citizens for Consumer Justice (Past President); Roscoe Pound Institute; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Member, Communications and State Network Committee).
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Coat of Arms Society. Recipient: New York University Academic Scholarship; B'nai B'rith International Justice and Human Relations Award. Author: Monographs, Private Rights of Individuals Under Treatises, 1972; Cases Analysis of the ‘Good Health ’ Clause in Insurance Contracts, 1972; Oil Import Quota Policy of the U.S.—The Triple Alliance of Power, 1973; Shared Custody becomes Law in Pennsylvania, The Barrister Vol. XIII, No. 1, Spring, 1982; When a Parent Dies Leaving Children, What is the Measure of Damages, The Barrister, Vol. IX, No. 1, Spring, 1983; War and Peace, Doctor/Lawyer Friction and a Solution, The Barrister, Vol. XV, No. 2, Summer, 1984; A New Conspiracy of Silence, The Barrister, Vol. XVI, No. 2, Summer, 1985 and The Barrister, Vol. XVI, No. 3, Fall, 1985; U.S. vs. Serge Kowalchuck, Revisited - Remembering the Lubomyl Ghetto, The Barrister, Vol. XVII, No. 2, Summer, 1986; Report on the 1985 Third Circuit Judicial Conference-Court Awarded Attorney's Fees, The Barrister, Vol. XVI, No. 4, Winter, 1985-1986; Summary Jury Trials, The Barrister, Vol. XVII, No. 4, Winter, 1986-1987 and Trial, Vol. 23, No. 9, September, 1987; The Constitution on Trial, The Barrister, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, Summer, 1987; When You Have Won Good Enough to Receive Attorneys Fees, The Barrister, Vol. XVIII, No. 4, Winter 1987-1988; Defendants Ex-Parte Contact With Plaintiff Treating Physician Revisited: A Strong Message to Those Who Would Invade Plaintiff Rights, The Barrister, Vol. XIX, No. 1, Spring, 1988; Report on the 1988 Third Circuit Judicial Conference-Rule II-Solution or Frivolity, The Barrister, Vol. XIX, No. 4, Winter, 1988-1989; Representing the Physician in Trouble: Is There a Lawyer in the House, The Barrister, Vol. XX, No. 2, Summer, 1989; Will A Jewish American Fill the Next Vacancy on the United States Supreme Court? The Barrister, Vol. XXI, No. 1, Spring, 1990; Contributor, Mann/Stoval Gynecologic Surgery, Churchill Livingstone, Published, 1996; United States