Admitted
1965, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Villanova University, J.D., 1965
Law School Graduation Year
1965
College
Muhlenberg College, A.B., cum laude, 1962
Memberships
Lehigh County (Member, Court Mediation Panel), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors, 1982-1988; Chair, Commercial Litigation Section, 1994-1995).
Biographical
Phi Alpha Theta. Member, Board of Editors, Villanova Law Review, 1964-1965. Author: Custody Conflicts Between Foster and Birth Parents in Pa., Social Work, November 1984; Subpoenas and Newsrooms-The Impact of Pennsylvania's New Reporter's Privilege and Newly-Interpreted Shield Law, Pa. Bar Quarterly, April, 1994; Workers Compensation Exclusivity - Is Defamation an Exception, Pa. Bar Quarterly, April, 1996; Defamation in Employment Law, L.D.R.C. 50 Survey (1999-2001); Public Access To Quasi-Judicial Hearings and Records, Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly (1999). Lecturer in Law: Lehigh University, 1987-1991; Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Law Clerk to Chief Justice Michael J. Eagen, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1965-1966. Assistant Public Defender, 1969-1972. Solicitor, Lehigh County Office of Children and Youth, 1973-1987. Member, Hearing Committee of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1975-1979. Director and President, Allentown Symphony Orchestra, 1995-2000. L.V. Bus. Partnership Com. on Health Care (Secretary, 1994-2000). Director, Executive Committee, Lehigh Valley United Way, 2000—. Trustee, Trexler Trust, 2000—. Director, Sacred Heart Hospital, 2001—. Member, American Inn of Court.