Honors and Awards: Mediator, Essex County Chancery Division Early Settlement Program; Arbitrator, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey - Equity Jurisprudence Committee; Special Fiscal Agent (by order of Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Essex County); New Jersey Super Lawyers, 2005-2009.

Special Licenses/Certifications: Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney.

Bar/Professional Activity: BAR ADMISSIONS: New Jersey, 1974; United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1974; United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1984; United States Supreme Court, 1986., MEMBERSHIPS: New Jersey State Bar Association - Business & Commercial Litigation Committee, Certified Attorneys Section, Federal Practice & Procedure Committee, Franchise Law Committee, Labor & Employment Law Section;Bergen County Bar Association - Equity Jurisprudence Committee; Essex County Bar Association - Civil Practice Committee, Equity Jurisprudence Committee; Commerce & Industry Association of New Jersey - Human Resources Section; New Jersey Media Law Association., MISCELLANEOUS: District V-C Ethics Committee, Member, September 1994 - August 1998. Columbia Law School Alumni Ass'n. of New Jersey , Trustee, January 2000 -present. Board of Adjustment, Township of Maplewood , Member, September 1996 - March 1998. Columbia University Club of Northern New Jersey, Executive Board, June 1996 - present; Vice President, June 2000 - present.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings: PUBLICATIONS: "The Business Divorce Equation: Knowing the Costs", Commerce, Oct. 2003 issue.; "Monitoring Electronic Communications and the Employee's Right of Privacy", Commerce (The magazine of the Commerce and Industry Ass'n. of New Jersey ), November 2001 issue.; Co-Author, "Damages Recoverable in Franchise Termination Cases", New Jersey Lawyer, Feb. 2000 no. 201.; "Public Housing Evictions in New York City : Undesirability And Guilt By Association", Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Fall issue, 1973.; Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Notes and Supreme Court Editor, 1973-74., LECTURES: Lecturer, "Avoiding Discrimination Claims", Commerce & Industry Ass'n of New Jersey, Human Resources Section, August 17 & 18, 2005. Panelist, "Understanding Franchise and Distribution Law Issues", sponsored by Institute for Continuing Legal Education, June 16, 2005. Panelist, "Contract Litigation", sponsored by Institute for Continuing Legal Education, May 6, 2005. Lecturer, "Issues Related to Valuation of Franchises", N.J. State Society of CPAs Litigation Support Committee, November 26, 2003. Panelist, "Case Law Update", N.J. State Society of CPAs, Matrimonial Accounting & Litigation Services Committees, October 25, 2002. Lecturer, "Business Divorces -- Oppression of Minority Shareholders", N.J. State Society of CPAs, Commercial Litigation Group, October 2, 2002. Lecturer, "Business Divorces -- Oppression of Minority Shareholders", N.J. State Society of CPAs, Forensic Section, May 9, 2002. Lecturer, "Business Divorces -- Oppression of Minority Shareholders", N.Y. State Society of CPAs, CFO Section, January 31, 2002. Lecturer, "Business Divorces -- Oppression of Minority Shareholders", Passaic County, Chapter of CPAs, November 5, 2001. Lecturer, "Timely Topics in Employment Law", Commerce and Industry Ass'n. of New Jersey , Human Resources Section, September 20, 2001. Lecturer, "Commercial Divorce - Professional Firms and Small Businesses", sponsored by Bergen County Bar Ass'n. Continuing Legal Education Committee & General Equity Committee, May 9, 2001. Lecturer, "Business Divorces -- Oppression of Minority Shareholders", sponsored by Bergen County Chapter of CPAs, March 27, 2001. Lecturer, "Injunction Practice in the Bergen County Chancery Division", sponsored by Bergen County Bar Ass'n. Continuing Legal Education Committee & General Equity Committee, May 10, 2000. Lecturer, "Termination of Dealers/Distributors, to N.J. Corporate Counsel Ass'n., May 5, 1992. Panelist, "Litigating Relationships of Indefinite Duration", sponsored by Essex County Bar Ass'n. Equity Jurisprudence Seminar, April 8, 1992.

Verdicts and Settlements: PUBLISHED CASES: Tynan v. General Motors Corp., 127 N.J. 269 (1992); Rumbauskas v. Cantor, 138 N.J. 173 (1994); Billing v. Ravin Greenberg & Zackin, P.A., 22 F.3d 1242 (3d Cir.), cert. den., 513 U.S. 999 (1994); Cooper Distributing Co., Inc. v. Amana Refrigeration, Inc., 63 F.3d 262 (3d Cir. 1995) and 190 F. 3d 542 (3d Cir. 1999).

Educational Background: Columbia University, B.A. 1971, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa; Columbia University, J.D. 1974.