Admitted
1990, New York and Connecticut, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third, Fourth and Ninth Circuits, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1989
Law School Graduation Year
1989
College
Bennington College, B.A., 1977
Memberships
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: 1995—; Committee on Communications and Media Law, 1997—; Administrative Law Committee, Secretary 1996-1997); American Bar Association (Member, 1990—; Media, Privacy and Defamation Law Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Chair, 1998-1999 and Vice Chair, 1995-1997, 2000—; Intellectual Property Section; Subcommittee on International Aspects of Protection for Databases, 1997-1999; Forum Committee on Communications Law, 1996—). Formerly with Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, 1989-1999.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Marr Scholar, 1987-1988. Research Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 1988-1989. Vanderbilt Moot Court Board, Officer and Problem Editor, 1988-1989. Winner and Best Brief, 1988 Vanderbilt Moot Court Competition. Recipient, K. Harlan Dodson Moot Court Award, 1989. Member, Vanderbilt National Appellate Advocacy Team, 1989. American Jurisprudence Awards: Torts I, Torts II, Estate Tax II. Contributing Legal Editor, Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., The IRE Journal (2000—). Author: A Roadmap for Avoiding ‘False-Light’ Claims in Business Reporting, The IRE Journal, 2002; Judicial Access Rights Give ‘Proof Through the Night,’ The IRE Journal, 2001; Disclosure Challenges Arise in Agency Files, The IRE Journal, 2001; Cameras in Courtrooms: Revisiting the Experiment, The IRE Journal, 2001; Will Judicial Conference Thwart Internet Access to Court Records? The IRE Journal, 2001; Reporters, Lawyers, and Protective Orders, The IRE Journal, 2000; Public Access in the Age of Privacy: Knowing it When You See It, The IRE Journal, 2000; Amicus Practice: New Rules for Old Friends, LITIGATION, The Journal of the Section of Ligitation, American Bar Association, Vol. 25 No.2 (Winter 1999); The Purloined Communications Exception to Inadvertent Waiver: Internet Publication and Preservation of Attorney-Client Privilege, 32 TORT & INS. L. J. 715 (1997); Electronic Junk Mail and E-Mail Bombs: Recent Developments in Online Liability, Media Law and Defamation Torts Committee Newsletter 24, (1996). Contributor, Barry R. Ostrager and Thomas Newman, THE HANDBOOK OF INSURANCE COVERAGE DISPUTES, 1994-1996. (Resident, New York Office)