Admitted
1977, New York; 1979, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1987, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of South Carolina, J.D., 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
State University of New York at New Paltz, B.A., 1972
Memberships
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State (Member, Sections on: Environmental Law; Municipal Law; Insurance, Negligence and Compensation Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Law Practice Management; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Health Law Forum Committee; Urban, State and Local Government Law; Public Contract Law; Business Law; Torts and Insurance Practice; Individual Rights and Responsibilities; Natural Resources Law; Member, Forum Committee on the Construction Industry) Bar Associations; Environmental Information Association; Building Owners' and Managers' Association of New York (Vice-Chair, Codes and Regulations Committee); American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (Member, Section 62.1 Acceptable Air Quality Committee); Greater New York Construction User Council; The Environmental Law Institute; American Society of Hospital Engineers; American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys; Environmental Business Association of New York State, Inc.; Hotel Association of New York City, Inc.; New York State Restaurant Association; New York Building Congress; Real Estate Board of New York, Inc.; The National Realty Club; American Institute of Architects; American Hotel and Lodging Association.
Biographical
Deputy General Counsel, New York City Comptroller, 1976-1979. Recipient: 1999 NYC Member of the Year and 1999 Mid Atlantic Member of the Year Awards from the Building Owners' and Managers' Association; 2000 Greater New York Construction User Council Member of the Year. Articles: New York's Urban Development Corporation: A Study on the Unchecked Power of a Public Authority, Brooklyn Law Review, Winter 1977, p.237; No Room For Liability: A Hotel's Exposure to Costly Negligent Security Claims is Controllable, Security Management Magazine, June 1997, p.37; Enviro Self Assessment is the Key, Real Estate New York, November 2000, p.33. Articles in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel: What Corporate Counsel Needs to Know About Construction and Renovation; The Ten Most Deadly Construction Sins: How to Avoid Them, May 1999, p.19; Use of Non-Binding ADR in Environmental and Construction Disputes Through Teamwork with Outside Counsel, August 1999, p.28, with Christopher J. Platt, Esq.; Protecting Against Corruption In Construction and Renovation: Corporate Counsel's Essential Role in Making Integrity Pay, February 2000, p.23; Getting Back on Track: Turning Around the Construction Project 'Heading South', April 2000; Limitations of Liability in Construction Site Safety and Construction Contract Claims, April 2000, p.49, with Christopher J. Platt, Esq.; Environmental Enforcement: What the Owner Really Needs to Know, August 2000, p.21; Design/Build: Will It Lead to Even More Construction Contract Litigation? December 2000, p.26. Book Chapters: The Owner-Environmental Consultant Agreement, in The Construction Renovation Formbook, John Wiley & Sons, Spring 1991; Litigation Pertaining to Asbestos Contracting, in Differing Site Condition Claims, John Wiley & Sons, 1992; Environmental Concerns, book chapter and subsequent annual updates in New York Construction Law, McGraw-Hill, 1992. Presentations: Rebuilding New York: A Practical Guide to Public Sector Construction, for New York University, Real