Admitted
1973, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1976, U.S. Tax Court; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1989 U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1991, Pennsylvania
Law School
Albany Law School of Union University, J.D., 1972
Law School Graduation Year
1972
College
American University, B.A., 1969
Memberships
Rensselaer County, Albany County and New York State (Member: Insurance, Negligence and Compensation Law Section; Trial Lawyers Section; House of Delegates, 3rd Judicial District, 1984-1987) Bar Associations; New York State Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors Capital Region Affiliate, 1988—); Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; Capital District Trial Lawyers Association; Brain Injury Association; New York State Brain Injury Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Birth Trauma Litigation Group (Member, Board of Directors, 2000—); Traumatic Brian Injury Litigation Group
Biographical
Member, Albany Law Review, 1971-1972. Recipient: Lawyer's Co-op Prizes; Insurance Law, 1971; Motor Vehicle Law, 1972. Lecturer: Persuasive Use of Demonstrative Evidence at Trial, Albany Law School, Feb. 1991; Using Graphic Aids Effectively in Litigation, Albany Law School, March 1991; Design, Production and Use of Visual Exhibits in Litigation, Albany Law School, Oct. 1991; Medical Malpractice Litigation-Discovery: The Plaintiff's Perspective, New York State Bar Association, Oct. 1996, April, 1999 and April, 2003; Legal Responsibility of Residents and Hospital Staff Physicians, Albany Law School/Albany Medical College, March, 1997; Medical Malpractice: A View From the Plaintiff's Bar, Grand Rounds, Albany Medical Center Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, May, 1997; Trial Tactics: Using Exhibits to Prove Your Case, Albany Law School, November, 1997; Evaluating and Selecting Medical Negligence Cases, Albany Law School/Albany Medical College, 1999; Strategies for Using Evidence in Catastrophic Injury Cases, Albany Law School, March, 1999; Advocacy, Persuasian and Exhibits, Albany Law School, May, 2000; Discovery 2000 for Experienced Litigators-Deposition Practice, New York State Bar Association, May, 2000; Advocacy Persuasion and Exhibits, Albany School, 2000; Decisions 2000, Medical Malpractice, New York State Trial Lawyers, November, 2000. Trial Preparation Secrets, Plaintiff's Discovery and Trial Preparation, New York Trial Lawyers Institute/Albany Law School, Institute of Legal Studies, June 2001; Strategies and Techniques for Defeating the Shortened Life Expectancy Defense, Brain Injury Association of New York, March 2002; Birth Trauma Litigation Group; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, July, 2002; Selecting, Preparing, Trying and Winning the Big Case, Capital District Trial Lawyers Association, May, 2002; Managing the Tough Issues in Personal Injury Cases, Structured Settlements, New York State Bar Association, April, 2003; Medical & Legal Issues