Admitted
1968, District of Columbia; 1973, Maryland
Law School
University of Pennsylvania, LL.B., 1967
Law School Graduation Year
1967
College
Northwestern University, B.S., 1964
Memberships
The District of Columbia Bar; Maryland State and American (Fellow; Member, Board of Directors, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless) Bar Associations; American Law Institute
Biographical
Beta Gamma Sigma. Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1965-1967. Author: The Georgine Settlement Class Action: What It Is, Where It May Lead and The Ethical Considerations Presented, Defense Research Institute, 1995; Constitutional and Other Legal Hurdles to Classwide Resolution of ‘Future’ Personal Injury Claims, ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1996; The Use of Settlement Class Actions to Resolve Future Claims in Mass Tort Litigation, ABA National Institute on Class Actions, 1997; The Future Use of Settlement Class Actions to Resolve Mass Tort Claims, ABA Annual Meeting, 1997. Law Clerk, Judge Luther W. Youngdahl, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 1967-1968. Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1968-1971. Member: Judicial Conference for D.C. Circuit; District of Columbia Judicial Conference; U.S. District Court of D.C. Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group. Chairman, Advisory Committee on Rules to the U.S. District Court, 1987—; Vice-Chairman, Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law, D.C. Court of Appeals, 1979-1983. Deputy Independent Counsel, 1984. President, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Association for the District of Columbia, 1975. Member, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution Panel of Distinguished Neutrals. Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association. Mediator, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.