Admitted
1970, Pennsylvania; 1972, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Temple University, J.D., 1970
Law School Graduation Year
1970
College
University of Buffalo, B.A., 1967
Memberships
Philadelphia (Member, Medical Legal Committee, 1979-1985) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1982-1986; Chairman, Products Liability Committee, 1983-1985); Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate).
Biographical
Member, Editorial Board, Temple Law Quarterly, 1969-1970. Judge Pro Tem, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County. Author: Unanimity Requirement of a Jury's Determination and The Witherspoon Exclusionary Rule, 43 Temple Law Quarterly 46; The ‘Tender’ Trap: How An Insurance Carrier Was Compelled To Pay $2.4 Million On A $300,000 Policy, The Barrister, Vol. XIX, Number 4:14-16, Winter, 1988-1989. Lecturer: Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association; Dickinson School of Law. Course Planner, Products Liability, Trial Advocacy Foundation of Pennsylvania, 1986. Member, Committee for the Retention of Sitting Judges, 1972. Moot Court Judge, Delaware Law School, 1982-1985. Member, Hearing Committee, Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1988-1992.