Admitted
1985, Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1991, New Mexico; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico; 200
Law School
University of Pennsylvania, J.D., magna cum laude, 1984
Law School Graduation Year
1984
College
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., magna cum laude, 1981
Memberships
Albuquerque and American Bar Associations; State Bar of New Mexico; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1982-1984. Recipient, Leebron Constitutional Law Prize. Benjamin Franklin Scholar. Author: Coercion, Blackmail and the Limits of Protected Speech, 131 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1469 (1983). Law Clerk to the Honorable Collins J. Seitz, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1984-1985. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1985-1987. Litigator, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, 1988-1992. Granted DOJ Top Secret and DOE Q clearances, 2000 (for U.S. v. Wen Ho Lee defense). Member, Criminal Justice Act Panel Committee, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico, appointed 2001 (three year term). Faculty Member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1997.