Admitted
1972, Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. Tax Court
Law School
Villanova University, J.D., cum 1aude, 1972
Law School Graduation Year
1972
College
Washington University, A.B., 1967
Memberships
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations.
Biographical
Order of The Coif. Editor, Villanova Law Review, 1971-1972. Law Clerk, Judge J. William Ditter, Jr., U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1972-1973. Author: Comment, Adopted Children in Pennsylvania: A Class Without a Clause, 17 Villanova Law Review 1066, 1972. Instructor, Attorney General's Advocacy Institute, U.S. Department of Justice, 1975-1976. Lecturer in Trial Practice, Temple University Law School, 1976-1977. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1973-1977. Member, 1983-1990, Vice Chairman, 1985-1986, and Chairman, 1986-1987, Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Member, 1991—and Vice-Chairman, 1999—, Board of Directors, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Board (CLE) and Member, Supreme Court Continuing Legal Education Board, 1992-2000. Member, Board of Directors, Independence Blue Cross, 1993—.