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Practice areas

• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law
• Environmental Law
• Insurance Defense
• Intellectual Property
• Surety and Fidelity
• Appellate Practice

Admitted

• New Jersey
• U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
• U.S. District Court, Western District of New York

Education

• New York University School of Law, LL.M., Trade Regulation, 1983
• Rutgers Law School, J.D., 1977
• University of Connecticut, B.A., cum laude, 1974

Associations & memberships

• American Bar Association
  • Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Section
  • Natural Resources Law Section
  • Tort and Insurance Practice Section
    • Chairman, Membership Involvement Committee, 1988 - 1990
    • Intellectual Property Torts Committee, Chairman, 1986 - 1987
    • Commercial Torts Committee, Vice-Chairperson, 1987 - 1989
    • Vice-Chairperson, Fidelity and Surety Committee, 1992
• New Jersey State Bar Association
  • Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
    • Chairman, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, 1988 - 1990
    • Chairman, Surety Bonds for Fiduciaries Committee, 1982
    • Federal Practice and Procedure Committee, 1986 - 1990
  • Environmental Law Section
    • Insurance Coverage Committee, 1986
• Essex County Bar Association

Biography

• Co-Editor: 'Fidelity Model Jury Charges,' ABA, 2003
• Mediator, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 2002; also at New York, New York Office
•  Contributing Author: 'Bond Default Manual,' 2nd Ed. ABA, 1995; 'Payment Bond Manual,' 1st and 2nd Ed.; 'Annotated Bankers Blanket Bond,' 2nd Supp.
• Moderator, 'Construction Contract Workshop,' Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1988
• Adjunct Professor of Law, Rutgers School of Law, Newark, 1987 - 1990
• Clerk to the Honorable John F. Crane, Appellate Division, Superior Court of New Jersey, 1977 - 1978.
• Phi Alpha Theta