Law School
Brooklyn Law School, LL.B., 1961
Law School Graduation Year
1961
College
Villanova University, B.S., 1959
Memberships
Brooklyn Bar Association (Member: Committees on: Tort Law, 1977—; Cooperation Between Attorneys and Physicians, 1973—); New York State Trial Lawyers Association (First Vice President, 1994-1995; Chairman, Medical Malpractice Committee, 1978; Lecturer, Video Trial Techniques and Medical Malpractice, 1978-1980; Use of Video Technique as part of Discovery, 1981; Direct Examination of the Expert Witness in Medical Malpractice Case, 1982; Summation Techniques, 1983; Preparing for Medical Malpractice Trial, 1984; Bad Faith in negotiation of a negligence claim, 1985; Direct Examination of Expert Witness in Products Liability cases, 1986; Voir Dire Demonstration as both Plaintiff and Defendant in personal injury cases, 1987; Cross Examination of the Expert Witness in Medical Malpractice cases, 1987; Program Chairman and Lecturer: How to try a case series, 1985; Sophisticated Trial Techniques on Jury Selection in complex litigation, 1986; Co-Lecturer: with Professor Margaret Berger, Brooklyn Law School, Rules of Evidence and Cross Examination of the Expert Witness, 1985; Program Chairman, Expert Witness in Litigation from Pre-trial through Trial, Nov. 1990; Trial Practice Workshop, 1996; Program Chair, Killer Cross Examination, May 26, 1998 and June 2, 1998); Chairman, Cross Examination in the 21st Century, December 1998 to December 1999; Bay Ridge Lawyers Association; Kings County Defenders Association; Columbian Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Catholic Lawyers Guild.
Biographical
Referee, Appellate Division, Second Department on Incompetent Procedures, 1975-1991. Plaintiffs National Lead Counsel, Defective Heart Valve Litigation, 1979-1985. Medical Malpractice Panelist Kings County, 1978-1990. LAWPAC Trustee, 1993—, (Fund Development Chair, 1993—). Founder, Committee for a Safe Place to Work. Lecturer: Comparative Negligence, Columbian Lawyers Association, 1979; When Does The Injured Worker Have A Liability Claim, Columbian Lawyers Association, 1995; Medical Decision Making In The Nineties - Where Does The Patient Fit In?, National Italian American Bar Association, 1995; Cross Examination of an expert witness in Products Liability cases, Practicing Law Institute, 1988.