Admitted
1975, Rhode Island and U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1977, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1985, Massachusetts; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Boston College Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
Université de Louvain, Belgium, B.A., 1962; University of Rhode Island, M.A., 1966; University of Co
Memberships
Rhode Island Bar Association.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Topics Editor, Boston College Law Review, 1974-1975. Author: Tort Liability of Owners of Land, 20 Annual Survey of Massachusetts Law 325 (Boston College Law Review), 1973; Testimonial Privilege and the School Guidance Counselor, 25 Syracuse Law Review 911, 1974; Survey of Rhode Island Privacy and Related Claims Against the Media, Libel Defense Resource Center, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999; Survey of Rhode Island Employment Libel Law and Survey of Rhode Island Employment Privacy Law, Libel Defense Resource Center, 1999. Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1975-1977. Member, Rhode Island Supreme Court Judicial Performance Evaluation Committee, 1992—. Member, Board of Federal Bar Examiners (District of Rhode Island), 1994—. Member, East Greenwich School Committee, 1988-1996 (Chairman, Legal Subcommittee, 1988-1996; Chairman, Policy Subcommittee, 1992-1996).