Admitted
1980, New York; 1983, U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Law School
Boston University, J.D., cum laude, 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
Radcliffe College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1976
Memberships
New York County Lawyers Association (Member, Committee on Appellate Courts).
Biographical
Member, Boston University Law Review, 1977-1979. Assistant District Attorney, Queens County, 1979-1983. Author: Unique Evidentiary Issues in Products Liability Trials, chapter in Complex Product Liability: Proving and Defending the Product Liability Case, NYSBA CLE seminar, 1985; Subsequent Modifications, Design Changes and Feasibility in Products Liability Cases: A Defense Perspective, NYSBA Journal, April, 1988; Pre-Trial Issues Affecting the Defendant Physician in Breast Implant Cases, chapter in Breast Implant Litigation, Current Medical and Legal Theories, Law Journal Seminars-Press, 1993; Inadmissible Hearsay in Medical Records, New York Law Journal, September 18, 1995; Prosecutions and Punitives for Malpractice Rise, Slowly; (with Francis P. Bensel), National Law Journal, January, 1996. Contributing Author: Personal Injury Practice in New York, (with Bensel, Frank, and McKean), West Publishing, 1997; Preserving Issues for Appellate Review Practice and Pitfalls, New York State Trial Lawyers Digest, October, 1999; The Bryant Case and the Calculation of Future Periodic Payments, (with Kenneth Mauro), The New York Law Journal, August 25, 1999, p. 1, col. 1; Assumption of the Risk as a Defense in Alternative-Med Cases, Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy, June 1999; As Alternative Treatments Increase, So May Malpractice Claims, Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy, May, 1999; An ‘IDEA’ For Collateral Source Offsets: Services Provided By Federal Legislation, Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy, February 2000; How IDEA-provided Services Might Qualify as ‘Collateral Sources’- A New York Example, Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy, March 2000; Grave Injury is Nothing But The Whole Finger, with Christopher Simone, NYLJ, August 31, 2001; Punitive Damages in Medical Malpractice Actions: When Are They Justified?, Sept. 2001 and October 2001. Appointed to New York State Advisory Committee on Civil Practice.