Admitted
1979, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Law School
Antioch School of Law, J.D., with high honors, 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
University of Maryland Eastern Shore, B.A., high honors, 1971
Memberships
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; The Barristers.
Biographical
Alpha Kappa Mu; Beta Kappa Chi; Sigma Tau Delta. Recipient: Paul Porter Award; Outstanding Young Man of America of U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1975 and 1981. Special Counsel, Task Force on Minority Business and General Oversight Sub-Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, 1979. Executive Director and Chief Counsel to the Minority Business Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., 1981. President, Board of Education, School District of Philadelphia, 1992-1995. Member: Board of Education, School District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1989-1995; Board of Directors, Philadelphia Orchestra Association and Chairman of the Cultural Diversity Initiative Advisory Council 1991; Board of Advisors, Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, 1990—. Board of Directors, Urban League of Philadelphia, 1989—. Listed in, Who's Who in American Law, 1998. Senior, Executive, V.P., COO, RMS Technologies, Inc., 1994-1996. Partner, Fox, Rothchild, O'Brien & Frankel, 1986-1995. Director, Mellon Corporation and Mellon Bank, NA., 1992-1999. Member, Board of Directors, Mellon/Financial Corporation. Chairman, Prime Asset Management Corp., 1996—. Chairman: Philadelphia Gas Works, 1995—; Talleyvand Atlantic, LLC, 1997. Chairman, Reading for Life, Inc., 2000-2001. Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Universal Companies, 2001—. Vice Chairman, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 1999-2000.