Admitted
1982, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1985, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
New York Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 1982
Law School Graduation Year
1982
College
Drew University, B.A., 1971
Memberships
Essex County and New Jersey State Bar Associations; Trial Attorneys of New Jersey.
Biographical
Articles Editor, New York Law School Law Review, 1981-1982. Recipient: Sylvia D. Garland Award in Civil Litigation, 1982; Jurisprudence Award in Family Law, 1981; ATLA (Trial Lawyer of the Year, 1988). Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America for Personal Injury, 2003-2004 ed.; Best Lawyer in New Jersey, New Jersey Monthly, March, 2003. Author: The Doctrine of Implied Preemption in Products Liability Cases-Federalism in the Balance, 54 Tenn. L. Rev. 603, 1987. Contributing Author: Text, New Jersey Products Liability Law, 1994. Member, Board of Directors, New Jersey Volunteers in Courts and Corrections Association, 1977-1979. Member, 1997-2001, Vice-Chair, 1999-2000 and Chair, 2000-2001, District V-B Ethics Committee. Hearing Officer, Essex County, 1987-1989. Arbitrator, Morris County, 1989—. Summer Faculty, Products Liability, Fordham Law School, 1993-1994.