Admitted
1959, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Middle District of Pennsylvania and Northern District of West Virginia; 1964, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1969,
Law School
University of Pittsburgh, J.D., 1959
Law School Graduation Year
1959
College
University of Pittsburgh, B.A., summa cum laude, 1955
Memberships
Allegheny County (Treasurer, 1973-1974; Chairman, Finance Committee, 1975; Member, Professional Ethics Committee, 1984—; Member and Vice Chairman, Judiciary Committee, 1991-1995, 1996-1998; Member, Special Fee Determination Committee), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Moot Court. Recipient, Blackburn Memorial Award. Adjunct Professor of Law: Trial Advocacy, Duquesne University School of Law, 1969—; Advanced Criminal Procedures, University of Pittsburgh, 1980. Faculty Member, Intensive Course in Trial Advocacy, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1977—. Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1962-1966 and First Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1966-1969, Western District of Pennsylvania. Co-Chairman, Joint Council on Standards of Criminal Justice, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1969. Member, 1981-1984 and Vice Chairman, 1986-1991, Pennsylvania Criminal Procedural Rules Committee. Member, 1981-1984 and Chairman, 1984, Hearing Committee, Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board. Certified Arbitrator, United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania.