Admitted
1985, New York; 1986, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York and U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court; 1996, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
Law School
Capital University, J.D., 1984
Law School Graduation Year
1984
College
Canisius College, B.A., Political Science; Canisius College, honors in History, 1981; State Universi
Memberships
Erie County (Member: Judiciary Committee, 1990-1993; Negligence Committee, 1990), New York State and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Sustaining Member; Member: Silicone Breast Implant Litigation Group, 1991-1996; Scuba Diving Litigation Group, 1992-1996; Aquatic Injury Safety Group, 1996—; Birth Trauma Litigation Group, 1994—); New York State Trial Lawyers Association (Speakers Bureau, 1990—); National Board of Trial Advocacy (Brief Reviewer, 1998—); American Board of Trial Advocates (Charter Member, Buffalo Chapter, 1998—); American College of Legal Medicine; American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics; American Society of Neurorehabilitation; New York Society of Medical Jurisprudence; New York Council for Exceptional Children; National Association of Legal Investigators; Million Dollar Advocates Forum; American Inns of Court (Master); Trial Lawyers Care (TLC; Volunteer Lawyer representing victims of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks)
Biographical
Recipient, Western New York Trial Lawyers Award for Excellence in Trial Technique, 1984. Certified, Malpractice, American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys (ABPLA), 1999—. Adjunct Professor, Trial Technique, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law and Jurisprudence, 1998—. Author: Median Nerve Laceration: Look Beneath the Surface, Journal of Medical Malpractice Prevention, Vol. VI, No.8, 1992; Case Lesson, Failure to Follow-up Atypical Pap Smear Misses Cervical Cancer, OB-GYN Malpractice Prevention, Aug. 1997; Summation in Minsterman v. National Car Rental, Million Dollar Argument, Audio Tape, Professional Techniques Library, Cohasset, MA. 1993. Presenter: Liability of Ladder Manufacturers: Knowing the Steps to Take, Association of Trial Lawyers of America Annual Convention, San Francisco, July, 1993; Bashing the Law and Its Servants, National Academy for Paralegal Studies, Buffalo, New York, July, 1993; Investigation of Scuba Diving Accidents, National Association of Legal Investigators Annual Convention, Buffalo, New York, July 1994; Scuba Diving Accidents: Litigation in Unchartered Waters, Association of Trial Lawyers of America Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, July 1994; How to Try a Neck and Back Case, New York State Bar Association, Buffalo, New York, October, 1998; Post-Kumbo Tire-Expert Reliability, New York State Bar Association, Buffalo, New York, April, 2000; Wrongful Death in New York, Lorman Publications, Buffalo, New York, January, 2002; Liebeck v. McDonalds (in reinactment #cv-93-02419), A Case That Made a Difference, ATLA Conference, Miami, Florida, March 2002; Winning Medical Malpractice Cases: The Trial of a Psychiatric Malpractice Case, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, November 2002. Prosecutor, Town of Newstead, New York, 1986—. Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1984-1986. Charter Member, ATLA President's Club, 1999. Member, New York State Silicone Breast Implant Plaintiff's Steering Committee, 1991-19