Admitted
1978, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Western New England College, J.D., 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
Siena College, B.B.A., 1973; University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland, M.B.A., 1978
Memberships
Albany and Rensselaer County, New York State (Member, Bankruptcy Committee) and American (Member, Consumer Bankruptcy Subcommittee, 1986) Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; Capital Region Bankruptcy Bar Association (President, 1993-1994); National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys; AARP Attorney Reference Program; National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees; National Association of Chapter 7 Trustees.
Biographical
Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award, 1976; Distinguished Service Award, Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York 1988; President's Award for Pro Bono Services, New York State Bar Association, 1989 and 1998. Contributory Editor (N.Y.S. exemptions) of West's Bankruptcy Exemption Manual, 2003. Lecturer: New York State Bar Association, Bankruptcy Seminars; National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees's, Conventions; Capital Region Bankruptcy Bar Association Annual Seminars; New York State Credit Union League Bankruptcy Seminars; Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, 2003. Appointed: Chapter 7 Trustee Panel for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York, 1986; Northern District of New York Local Rules Revision Committee (1993 & 1997); Northern District Judicial Merit Selection Committee (Chairman, 1994). (Board Certified Commercial and Consumer Bankruptcy Specialist, American Bankruptcy Board of Certification)