Admitted
1977, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1978, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern
Law School
Columbia University, J.D., 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
Hofstra University, B.A., magna cum laude, with highest departmental honors, 1974
Memberships
American Bar Association (Member: Sections on: Litigation; Criminal Justice; Business Law; Co-Chairman, Trial Practice Committee, 2000—; Co-Chairman, Pretrial Practice and Discovery Committee, 1997-2000; Co-Editor, Newsletter of Pretrial Practice and Discovery Committee, 1996-1997; Bankruptcy and Insolvency Committee; Co-editor, Newsletter of Bankruptcy and Insolvency Committee, 1993-1996; Commercial and Banking Litigation Committee; White Collar Crime Committee); Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient: Jerome Michael Prize for Excellence in Trial Advocacy. Co-Author: Special Consideration in Cases Involving Civil RICO, Federal Civil Practice Handbook, 1993-2002. Selected Articles Authored: A Primer on E.vide.n.c.e., American Bar Association-Litigation, Winter, 2002; The `In' Place to be: Getting that Document Into Evidence, American Bar Association-Litigation, Spring, 1999; The Daubert Alembic: Reliability, Relevance and Reality in the Federal Judicial Gatekeeping Function, American Bar Association, April, 1997; Banking Liability in the 90's: Forfeiture Law Developments, American Bar Association, August 1994; Primer on the Federal Organizational Sentencing Guidelines, American Bar Association, August 1993; An Overview of the Law Relative to Asset Freezes and Forfeiture as It May Apply to the Professional Advisor, American Bar Association, August 1992; Help Commercial Lenders Avoid Forfeiture Litigation, Practical Litigator ALI/ABA, March 1992; Uncle Sam Wants Yours: An Overview of Basic Principles of Forfeiture Law and Innocent-Owner Defenses, American Bar Association, August 1991; Why Should the Innocent Pay? A Proposal to Reimburse the Acquitted, Criminal Justice Magazine, Summer, 1991. Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1978-1979. Arbitrator: U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1985—; National Association of Securities Dealers, 1983—.