Admitted
1984, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and Ninth Circuit
Law School
University of Pennsylvania, J.D., 1984; Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, LL.M., First Honors, 1984
Law School Graduation Year
1984
College
Haverford College, B.A., honors in Political Science, 1980
Memberships
Philadelphia Bar Association; Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1988—); Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1995—); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Society of International Law.
Biographical
Recipient: Harry S. Truman Scholarship Award, 1977; Stephen J. Miller Award, 1980. Author: ATVs: A Tale of Deception, Product Liability Law Rptr., June, 1991. Lecturer in Law, Introduction to Trial Advocacy, University of Pennsylvania School of Law, 2001—. Member, Hearing Committee of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1989-1995; Chairman, 1994-1995. Member, Civil Procedure Rules Committee of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1995-2001. Governor's Appointee to Pennsylvania Medical Professional Liability Insurance Catastrophe Loss Fund Advisory Board, 1997-2002.