Admitted
1987, Pennsylvania, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; 1993, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
Law School
New York University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1986
Law School Graduation Year
1986
College
Yale University, B.A., cum laude, 1983
Memberships
Allegheny County (Chair, Criminal Practice Subcommittee, Federal Court Section) and American Bar Associations (Lawyers Committee, Pittsburgh ACLU); Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Law Clerk, Honorable Gustave Diamond, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1986-1988. Author: Recent Amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence, ACBA Federal Court Section Update News, Winter 2001. Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University Law School, 1990-1991. Assistant Federal Public Defender, Legal Aid Society, Eastern District of New York, 1988-1993; Appendix: Federal Rule Amendments, Prince, Richardson on Evidence, (11th ed., Farrell) 2000, Supplement. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1995-2000. Recipient: Special Achievement Award, U.S. Department of Justice, 1999; Director's Award, Executive Office of United States Attorneys, 2000.