Admitted
1982, Colorado, 1987, New York; 1988, California; 2000, District of Columbia
Law School
New York University School of Law, LL.B., 1982
Law School Graduation Year
1982
College
Middlebury College, A.B., cum laude, with honors in Political Science, 1978
Biographical
Member, New York University Law Review, 1980-1981. Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, 1978-1979. Law Clerk: Hon. George C. Pratt, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1982-1983; Hon. James R. Browning, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1983-1984. Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Southern District of New York, 1987-1998. Deputy Chief, 1993-1995 and Chief, 1995-1998, Securities and Commodities Fraud Unit. Recipient: The Chief Postal Inspector's Special Award (for United States v. Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. and United States v. Michael R. Milken), 1990; The Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service (for United States v. Christopher Drogoul, arising from the multi-billion dollar fraud on Banca Nazionale del Lavoro), 1994; The Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service (for United States v. The Daiwa Bank, Ltd.), 1996; The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Stanley Sporkin Award (for outstanding contributions to enforcement of the federal securities laws), 1997.