Admitted
1982, Delaware; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1985, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Pennsylvania, J.D., magna cum laude, 1981
Law School Graduation Year
1981
College
Oberlin College, B.A., 1977
Memberships
New Jersey State and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Co-Recipient, Fordham Human Rights Award. Associate Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1979-1980. Legal Writing Instructor, 1980-1981. Law Clerk to The Honorable Walter K. Stapleton, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, 1981-1982. Author: Overcoming ERISA, Association of Trial Lawyers of America TRIAL Magazine, May, 2000; Comment, Interpreting OSHA's Preemption Clause: Farmworkers as a Case Study, 128 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1509 (1980). Co-Author: Developments in the Law of Toxic Torts in New Jersey, 18 Rutgers Law Journal 73 (1986). Co-Finalist, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, 1988. Adjunct Professor, Rutgers University Law School, Camden, 2000-2001. Lecturer, Rutgers University Law School - Camden, 1993-1999. Member, Board of Trustees, Camden Regional Legal Services, 1993— (Chair, Personnel Committee, 1993—, Chairman, Executive Director Search Committee, 1996; Secretary, 1997—). Member, Trustee Advisory Committee, DI Distributors Asbestos Disease Trust, 1993—.