Law School
St. John's University, J.D., cum laude, 1973 . St. Thomas More Scholar
Law School Graduation Year
College
St. Francis College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1969
Memberships
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Real Property Committee, 1989-1991); New York State (Member, Real Property Section, Executive Committee, Co-Chairman, Environmental Committee; Member, Board of Directors, Commercial Section, 2000—) and American (Member, Supervisory Council, 1992-1995; Chairman, Commercial Real Estate Financing Group, 1991-1992, Chairman, Interest and Usury Committee I-3, 1989-1991, Liaison to Mortgage Bankers Association of America, 1989—, Chairman, Conveyancing Committee C-1 (1987-1989), Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations; New York County Lawyers Association (Chair, Real Property Law Development Committee, 1987-1988); Mortgage Bankers Association of New York (Counsel, 1985-2000); Mortgage Bankers Association of America (Member, Board of Directors; Commercial Governor, 1998—; Environmental Advisor, 1989-1992; Chairman, Environmental Issues Subcommittee, 1987-1989); American College of Real Estate Lawyers (Governor 1995-1998; Chair, Capital Markets Committee, 1993-1995, 1998; Co-Chairman, Environmental Committee, 1989-1993; Liaison to Mortgage Bankers Association of America, 1990—); Real Estate Roundtable; Anglo-American Real Property Institute (Nonvoting Governor); American Society of Testing and Materials (Co-Chair, Legal Section, Committee on Environmental Assessment, 1990-1993); Commercial Real Estate Secondary Market and Securitization Association (President, 1998-1999).
Biographical
Managing Editor, St. John's Law Review, 1972-1973. Editor and Contributor: Real Estate Loans: Default and Workout, Mortgage Bankers Association of America, 1992. Author: The Battle Over Information, Mortgage Banking, 1997; A Capital Markets Mortgage: A Rateable Model for Main Street and Wall Street, Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal, 1996; Environmental Due Diligence: A Guide for Mortgage Lenders, Mortgage Bankers Association of America, 1993. Publisher and Chair, Advisory Committee, CMBS World Magazine.