Admitted
1985, New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Southern, Northern and Western Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1987, Rhode Island (Inactive)
Law School
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, J.D., 1984
Law School Graduation Year
1984
College
State University College at Oneonta, B.S., 1981
Memberships
Albany County (Member: Board of Directors, 1999—; Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1996-2000), New York State (Member: House of Delegates, 2001—; Trial Lawyers and Torts, Insurance, and Compensation Sections; Committee on Law Office Economics and Management) and American (Member: Litigation and Law Practice Management Sections) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member: Civil Rights; Toxic and Environmental Torts; Employment Rights; Small Office Practice Sections); New York State Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Editorial Board, Bill of Particulars; Judicial Screening Committee for Court of Appeals Candidates, 2000).
Biographical
Recipient, New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA) President's Award for service to the Albany County Bar Association, 1999. Author: Successfully Litigating in the Age of Kumho Tire, Bill of Particulars, December 2000; Restraining the Seat Belt Defense, Bill of Particulars, September 1999; FIFRA Preemption in New York, Bill of Particulars, June 1999. Lecturer: Preparing the Plaintiff's Product Defect Case, New York State Bar Association, Spring, 1997; New Civil Practice Legislation, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, October 1997; Trying the Plaintiff's Neck and Back Case, New York State Bar Association, November, 1998; Jury Selection Techniques: The Basics for the Civil Practitioner, New York State Bar Association, May 1999; Product Defect Claims after Kumho Tire, New York State Bar Association, October 15, 1999; Environmental Law - Recent Developments in CERCLA and Toxic Tort Litigation, New York State Bar Association, May 25, 2000; Law Office Management for the Small Office Practitioner, Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), Chicago, Illinois, July 30, 2000; Premises Liability Update, New York State Bar Association, June 1, 2001. Graduate, National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) Masters Advocates Program, June 1995. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)