Admitted
1975, District of Columbia; 1978, Virginia. (Not admitted in Maryland)
Law School
Georgetown University, J.D., 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
Washington and Jefferson College, B.A., 1968
Memberships
American (Co-Chairman, Subcommittees on Environmental Crimes, Business Law Section and Criminal Law Section, 1989—) and International Bar Associations; Environmental Crimes Advisory Group; U.S. Sentencing Commission.
Biographical
Editor, Georgetown Review of Law and Public Interest, 1974-1975. Fellow, Advanced Trial Advocacy Program, Georgetown University. Director, Environmental Crimes Unit, U.S. Department of Justice, 1982-1987. Chief, Environmental Crimes Section, Land and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1987-1988. Co-Author: Environmental Crimes Deskbook, (Environmental Law Institute), 1995; Environmental Criminal Liability: Avoiding and Defending Enforcement Actions, (BNA Books), 1995; Criminal Liability for Environmental Matters, Environmental Aspects of Real Estate Transactions, American Bar Association, 1995. Author: Countering Environmental Crimes, 13 Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review 379 (1986); Turbulent Times at Justice and EPA: The Origins of Environmental Criminal Prosecutions and the Work That Remains, 59 George Washington Law Review 900 (1991); Toward an Environmental Voluntary Disclosure Program, 16 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 2 (1991); The Knock on the Door: Preparing for and Responding to a Criminal Investigation, Chemical Manufacturers Association, 1991, second edition 1999. Member, Environmental Crimes Advisory Group, U.S. Sentencing Commission. Member, Georgetown CLE Corporate Counsel Institute University Law Center Advisory Board. Named one of the nation's top white-collar crime experts by the National Law Journal. Named to the Best Lawyers in America 2003-2004. Director, Federal Environmental Crimes, 1980-1988. (Also at Washington, D.C. Office)
Military
Capt., U.S. Army, Intelligence Branch, 1968-1971