Admitted
1977, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Law School
St. Louis University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
University of Scranton, B.S., cum laude, 1974
Memberships
Lackawanna County (Member, Civil Rules Committee, 1989) Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Defense Institute (President, 1990-1991; Executive Vice President, 1989-1990; Vice President, Northern Division-Middle District, 1984-1989; Treasurer, 1982-1984); Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association (Recipient, Exceptional Performance Award, 1991); Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Member, Order of the Woolsack. Author: Article, Locating and Using Appropriate Codes in Slip and Fall Cases, the Trial Advocacy Foundation of Pennsylvania, 1986; Article, How to get your Exhibits in Evidence, from Winning the Defense Case at Trial, for the Pennsylvania Defense Institute, 1988. Lecturer in Law, Marywood College, 1980-1989; Marywood College Law Advisory Board, 1988-1991. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1984, re-certified, 1989, 1994)