Admitted
1967, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Albany Law School of Union University, J.D., 1966
Law School Graduation Year
1966
College
University of Pennsylvania, A.B., 1963
Memberships
Albany County (Member, Board of Directors, 1977-1979; Chairman, Grievance Committee, 1979-1982), Rensselaer County and New York State (Member: Membership Committee, 1968-1974; Criminal Courts Committee, 1972-1974; Subcommittees on Sentencing, Arraignment, Court Calendars, Bail and Preliminary Hearing, 1972-1974; Third Department Grievance Committee, 1974-1977; State Committee on Grievances, 1974-1976; Committee on Lawyers and the Community, 1974-1978; Special Committee to Review the Code of Professional Responsibility, 1974-1977; Executive Committee of the Grievance Committee, Third Department, 1976-1977; Committee on Professional Discipline, 1979; Committee on Client Security Fund, 1979-1984; Panelist, Symposium on Lawyer Discipline, 1979—; House of Delegates, 1981—; Special Committee to Improve Courthouse Facilities, 1982—; Committee on Professional Ethics, 1986—) Bar Associations; Capital District Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Sustaining Member).
Biographical
Editor-in-Chief, Albany Law School Issue, 1965-1966. Co-Author: Environmental Factors in Causation of Congenital Malformations & Mutations; Share Value Litigation Under the Business Corporation Law: The New York Court of Appeals Speaks. Author: The Doctrine of Informed Consent, chapters in Forensic Medicine: A study in Trauma and Environmental Hazards, published by W.B. Sauders Co., 1975. Associate Editor, National Trial Lawyer Magazine, New York Edition, March, 1992. Speaker and Faculty for Law and Medicine: Medical Malpractice Issues Presented in Obstetrics and Newborn Pediatrics, 1985, presented by The Government Law Center of Albany Law School and the Albany Medical College Departments of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Office of Continuing Medical Education. Speaker: Deposition Practice, Federal Civil Practice Forum, April 27, 1990; Use of Expert Witnesses in Commercial Litigation, New York State Bar Association Seminar, November 3, 1994. Member, Advisory Counsel, New York State Commission for Human Rights, 1970-1974. President, Board of Directors: The Urban League of Albany, 1974-1976; Senior Service Centers of the Albany Area Inc., 1975-1977. Chairman, 1977 and Member, 1980-1986, State of New York Committee on Professional Standards, Third Judicial Department. Member, Committee on Character and Fitness, Third Judicial District, 1980—. Member, Board of Trustees, Albany Law School, 1991—. Chair, Power Cross-Examination, New York State Bar Association Seminar, October 21, 1994. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.