Admitted
1971, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Law School
Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 1970
Law School Graduation Year
1970
College
Lycoming College, B.A., 1967
Memberships
Pennsylvania and Federal Bar Associations; Inns of Court; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; Pennsylvania Association Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys; Lycoming Law Association (Executive Committee, 1994—; Vice President, 1998; President, 1999); National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys; NLADA; Teacher of Ethics for Pennsylvania Bar Association; Criminal Practice for PACDL (Federal Defender) and U.S. Attorney's Office; CLE for Federal Bar Association.
Biographical
Member, Order of Woolsack Society. Member, Moot Court. Law Clerk to Chief Justice John C. Bell, Jr., Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1970-1971. Assistant City Solicitor, Williamsport, 1974-1988. Member, Rules Committee, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1974—. Graduate, Death Penalty College, Santa Clara, 1997 and Clarence Darrow Death Penalty College, 2003. Member: U.S. District Court, Middle District - CJA Panel, 1972—; CJA Membership Committee, 1997—; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit - CJA Panel, 2002—.