Admitted
1979, New York; 1983, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1995, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
Law School
Cornell University, J.D., 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
Cornell University, B.A., with distinction in all subjects/magna cum laude in Government, 1975
Memberships
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Arbitration and Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee, 1989-1993); New York State (Executive Committee, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, 1989—; Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 1989-1991; Chair, Civil Prosecution Committee, 1991—; Member, Criminal Law Section) and American (Member, Sections on Litigation and Criminal Justice) Bar Associations; New York County Lawyers Association; National Institute of Trial Advocacy (Faculty, 1991—).
Biographical
Editor-in-Chief, Civil Prosecution News, Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1994-1996. Author: The Role of the Private Law Firm in Fighting Fraud and Corruption, chapter in Government Ethics and Law Enforcement, Praeger Publishers (2000); The Twin Fights For Human Rights and Against Corruption, 9th International Anti-Corruption Conference (1999); Regulating and Reforming the Fulton Fish Market, New York State Bar Association Commercial and Federal Litigation Section (1995); Beyond Defensive Thinking, Civil Prosecution News, Vol. 1 No. 2 (1995); What is Civil Prosecution? Civil Prosecution News, Vol. 1 No. 1 (1994); Enacting and Enhancing False Claims Act Statutes, New York Law Journal, Vol. 208 No. 75 (1992). Co-Author: The Upward Spiral: A U.S. Outlook on International Anti-Bribery Efforts in the New Millennium, International Law Practice, Vol. 14 No. 1 (2001); The Race to the Courthouse -- Recent Developments Concerning 31 U.S.C. 3730 (b) (5): Multiple Relators in Quitam Litigation, Mosley Publications, Inc. (2000); Recent Developments on False Claims Act Liability Issues from the Relator's Perspective, ABA National Institute on the Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement (1998); The ‘Multiple Relator Phenomenon’ in the Qui Tam Law, Government Contract Litigation Reporter (1998); The False Claims Act: Enlisting Citizens in Fighting Fraud Against the Government, NY Litigator, Vol. 2 No. 2 (1996); Structural Reform: The Front Line Fight Against Business Crime, NY Litigator, Vol. 1 No. 2 (1995); The ‘Alliance’ Insurance Fraud: A Case Study in the Civil Prosecution of Business Crime, Civil Prosecution News, Vol. 1 No. 2 (1995); Corporate Heroes for Uncle Sam, New York Times, December 3, 1995; Combatting Industry-Wide Corruption, New York Law Journal, Vol. 212 No. 10 (1994); Report and Recommendations on Reforming the Carting Industry in New York City, New York State Bar Association Commercial and Federal Litigation Section (1994); The Independent Private Sector Inspector General, New