Admitted
1979, New York; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Albany Law School of Union University, J.D., 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
Quinnipiac College; State University of New York at New Paltz, B.A., 1974; Gonzaga University
Memberships
Albany County and New York State Bar Associations.
Biographical
Member, Albany Law Review, 1977-1978. Author: Special Supplementary Practice Commentary on Electronic Filing CPLR 2103; Special Supplemental Practice Commentary on Electronic Filing CPLR 2101; The Discretionary Function Exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 42 Albany Law Review, 721, 1978. Co-Author: The Court of Appeals Moves Toward Certiorari Status, New York State Bar Journal, Vol. 58, Issue 4, May 1986; New Law on Computer Generated Evidence: Legislature Permits Optically Imaged Proof, New York Law Journal, Vol. 215, No. 89, May 1996; Electronic Filing of Court Papers, New York Law Journal, Vol. 222, No. 77, October 1999; The Arrival of E-Courts, New York Law Journal, Vol. 222, No. 105, November, 1999. Adjunct Professor, Conflicts of Law, 1980-1982; Insurance Law, 1983—; Albany Law School of Union University. Law Research Assistant, Appellate Division, Third Department, 1978-1980. Law Clerk to Hon. Sol Wachler, New York State Court of Appeals, 1980-1981. Member, Unified Court System Advisory Committee on Civil Practice, 1986—. Chair, Unified Court System Advisory Committee's Subcommittee on Technology, 1996—. Member: Office of Court Administration Committee to Improve Availability of Legal Services, 1988-1989; Commission on Public Access to Court Records, 2002—.