Admitted
1967, Pennsylvania
Law School
University of Pennsylvania, LL.B., magna cum laude, 1966
Law School Graduation Year
1966
College
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., with distinction, 1963
Memberships
American Law Institute
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Honorable Abraham L. Freedman, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1966-1967. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America. Author: Business and Commercial Litigation: A Trial Lawyer's Handbook (Michie, 1995); The Civil RICO Primer (LRP, 1996); Lender Liability and Banking Litigation, (Law Journal Seminars Press, 1989-2001); Co-Author: Business Torts Litigation, (ABA, 1992); Model Jury Instructions for Business Tort Litigation, (ABA 3rd ed. 1996); Winning The Business Jury Trial, American Bar Association Video Series, 9 Videotapes, 1992; Five Common Errors in Pleading Civil RICO Claims and How to Avoid Them, 11 The Practical Litigator 7 (January 2000); Exit with Care, Business Law Today (Nov./Dec., 1992); Presenting Direct Testimony in Business Litigation, Vol. 2, No. 6, P. 71, The Practical Litigator, (1991); Accountants Liability to Financial Institutions, in Accountants Liability, pp. 50-69 (Pennsylvania Bar Institute 1991); Less Corn and More Hell: The Application of RICO to Financial Institutions, 35 Villanova Law Review 883 (1990); Lender Liability: An Emerging Threat, Vol. 5, No. 4, p.149 Butterworth's Journal of International Banking and Financial Law (April 1990); Prevention Techniques for Avoiding Lender Liability, Vol. 1, No. 21, p. 11, Lender Liability News (April 19, 1989); The Lessons of the Prime Rate Cases, Vol. 1, No. 14, p. 13, Lender Liability News (Jan. 11, 1989); Cost of Cleaning Up Environment Is An Emerging Problem For Banks, p. 18, National Law Journal (Oct. 17, 1988); Trial by Jury, in Article III: The Constitution and the Courts, Proceedings of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Official Constitutional Bicentennial Program, pp. 18-22 (September 15, 1987); The ‘Pattern ’ and ‘Conduct ’ Requirements in Civil RICO Litigation, in Civil RICO: Current Issues, pp. 1-11 (Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1987); Class Actions: A Defense Perspective, in Litigation for the Non-Litigato