Honors and Awards:

• Phi Beta Kappa
• Member, Outstanding Lawyers of America, 2003 - 2010
• Ten Leaders - Personal Injury & Trial Law of Northern New Jersey, 2003 - 2004
• Who's Who in America, 1994 - 1995
• Honored Member, Who's Who in America, 1992 - 1993
• Honored Member, Who's Who in America, 1990 - 1991
• Honored Member, Who's Who in America, 1991 - 1992
• Honored Member, Who's Who in America, 1989 - 1990
• Phi Beta Kappa, 1973
• Who's Who in America, 2000
• Who's Who in America, 2004
• Who's Who in America, 2007
• Who's Who in America, 2008
• Who's Who in America, 2009

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Civil Trail Attorney, New Jersey Supreme Court
• Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1989
• Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates, 2000

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Third Vice-President, AAJ-New Jersey, 1990 - 1991
• Second Vice-President, AAJ-New Jersey, 1991 - 1992
• Chairman, AAJ-New Jersey - PAC, 2000 - 2001
• Seminar Committee Chairman, AAJ, 1984 - 1987
• Secretary, AAJ-New Jersey , 1989 - 1990
• AAJ-New Jersey , Secretary, 1985 - 1986
• AAJ-New Jersey , Treasurer, 1986 - 1987
• Chairman, Education Committee, AAJ, 1989 - 1990
• AAJ-New Jersey , Third Vice-President, 1990 - 1991
• Member, AAJ-New Jersey, 1981 - Present
• First Vice-President, AAJ-New Jersey , 1992 - 1993
• President-Elect, AAJ - New Jersey , 1993 - 1994
• President, AAJ - New Jersey, 1994 - 1995
• AAJ-New Jersey , Parliamentarian, 1984 - 1985
• Counsel, Borough of Paramus Affordable Housing Corporation, 2006 - Present
• Special Counsel, Borough of Paramus, 2006 - Present
• Special Counsel, Attorney General of the State of New Jersey to represent the State of New Jersey in Tobacco Litigation, 1996 - 1999
• Counsel, Housing Development Corporation of Bergen County, 1978 - Present
• Assistant Counsel, Township of River Vale, 1977 - 1980
• Co-Counsel, Housing Authority of Bergen County, 1997 - Present
• Board Member and Past President, New Jersey Association for Justice 1980 - Present
• Tomorrows Children's Fund Hackensack University Medical Center, Member, Executive Board, 1987 - Present
• Member, Trial Lawyers For Public Justice, 1991 - Present
• Member, Board of Governors, Association of Trial Lawyers of America New Jersey Chapter, 1983 - Present
• Member, Board of Governors, American Association for Justice(formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America), 2001 - 2007
• Member, Bergen County Bar Association
• Member, New York Bar Association
• Member, District of Columbia Bar Association
• Member, New Jersey Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Counsel, North Bergen Rent Leveling Board, 1980 - Present
• Counsel, Housing Authority of the Township of North Bergen, 1980 - 1984
• Member, American Association for Justice, 1980 - Present
• Prior Board Member, American Association for Justice, 2000 - 2006
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1976
• New Jersey, 1976
• District of Columbia, 1978
• New York, 1980
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1986
• Sustaining Member, AAJ, 1988
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1990
• Service Award, Community Resource Counsel Bergen County, Recipient, 1995

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Executive Board Member, Tomorrow's Children's Fund, Hackensack University Medical, 1987 - Present
• Recipient, Service Award, Community Resource Counsel Bergen County., 1995

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Master, Justice Morris Pashman Inn of Court, 1998 - Present
• Trial Strategy, New Jersey Association for Justice, 1985 - 2010
• Trial Strategy, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1985 - 2010
• "Legal Responsibility During Gymnastic Lesson", Montclair State College Gymnastic Safety Workshop, 1980
• "Legal Responsibility During Gymnastic Lesson", Montclair State College Gymnastic Safety Workshop, 1981
• "Basic Course in trial Advocacy", National College of Advocacy, 1983
• "Legal Responsibility During Gymnastic Lesson", Montclair State College Gymnastic Safety Workshop, 1983
• "Legal Consideration: Review of Law in Evaluating Cases For Selection - Variations In Law Between New York and New Jersey", American College of Legal Medicine, 1984
• "Recreation & Sports Equipment", Chapter 71, (Co-Author), Products Liability Practice Guide, Matthew Bender, Vol. 4, 1988
• "Auto Insurance: A Problem we All Must Live With", 1989
• "Social Host Liability", People's Law School, Bergen Community College, 1989
• "How To Win trip, Slip and Fall Cases", ATLA - New Jersey Seminar, 1989
• "Emotional Distress - What Is It and When Is It Actionable", 1990
• "How to Prove Portee or Falzone Emotional Distress Cases", National Trial Lawyer, Volume 3, May 19, 1991
• "Political Action Committees", Cranio-Mandibular Society of New Jersey, 1991
• "Does Auto Insurance Get You Down?" An Analysis of New Jersey's Automobile Insurance Laws, 1991
• "Rights & Limitations Under Today's Auto Insurance Laws in New Jersey", 1993
• "Model Statement Of Procurement Policy For Public Housing authorities Operating hi New Jersey", (Co-Author), 1994
• "Hot Tips hi Tort Law V", ATLA-New Jersey Seminar, 1994
• "Civil Trial Preparation", Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1995
• "Hot Tips in Tort Law, VIII", Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1996
• "Litigating A Wrongful Death Case", Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1997
• Litigating Wrongful Death Cases", Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1999
• "Winning At Trial: Direct & Cross Examination Of Experts", ATLA-New Jersey Seminar, 2002
• Program Chair/Speaker, "How To Stay On Your Feet On The Premises Liability Case", ATLA-New Jersey Seminar, 2002
• "Litigating the Slip 'N' Fall Case", Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Moderator, 2003
• "Cross Examination: Destroying Adverse Witnesses Using Microsoft Power Point", ATLA-New Jersey Boardwalk Seminar, 2003
• "Structured Settlement", Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2003
• "Hot Tips in Tort Law", ATLA-New Jersey Seminar, 2003
• Co Chair/Speaker, Five Concurrent Seminars Program - "Premises Liability", ATLA-New Jersey, 2004
• "Premises Liability: Expert Witnesses - Nailing Down the Facts Early through Expert Witnesses", ATLA-New Jersey Boardwalk Seminar, 2004
• "Opening Summation" "Direct Examination Of Plaintiffs' Expert", ATLA-New Jersey Trying The Auto Case, 2005
• "Sexual Misconduct By A Physician", ATLA-New Jersey Boardwalk Seminar Hot Tips In Medical Malpractice, 2006
• "A Plaintiff Attorney's Perspective", Damage Prevention Conference and Expo, 2007
• "Behind Enemy Lines: Armed Cross Examination", ATLA-New Jersey Seminar, 2007
• "Exposing Defense Medicine", ATLA-New Jersey Seminar, 2007
• "Some Myths About Degenerative Disc Changes", ATLA-New Jersey Boardwalk Seminar Litigation at Sunrise Legal Medicine: Radiology, 2007
• "Direct Examination Of Plaintiff's Expert", ATLA-New Jersey Seminar, Pines Manor, 2008
• Moderator, "How To Stay On Your Feet In Slip 'N Fall Litigation", New Jersey Institute For Continuing Legal Educations, 2009
• "Understanding Chiropractics", New Jersey Institute For Continuing Legal Education, Panelist, 2009
• That Is A Lucid, Intelligent, Well Thought-Out Objection":Sustained Or Over-Ruled? Objections to Jury Charges, NJAJ Meadowlands Seminar 2009, Sheraton Meadowlands, 2009
• Moderator, "How To Stay On Your Feet In Slip 'N Fall Litigation", New Jersey Institute For Continuing Legal, 2009
• "Audience Participation Segment - Q and A", NJAJ, 2009
• "Your NJ DME Usual Suspects - Our Collective Experience", NJAJ, 2009
• "Techniques for Dealing with the Usual Suspects in NJ", NJAJ, 2009
• "Exposing Deceptive Defense Medicine: Polarizing the Case", NJAJ, 2009
• NJAJ, Boardwalk Seminar Litigation At Sunrise, "Degenerative Disc Disease: Strategies to Neutralize this Potentially Frivolous Defense", 2010

Educational Background:

• Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, B.A. in History (Magna Cum Laude) & Phi Beta Kappa, 1973