Special Licenses/Certifications:

• U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of New York; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits

Bar/Professional Activity:

• The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Committee on Criminal Courts, 1986-1989; Committee on the Judiciary, 1998-2001, 2007-2008, 2008-2009 [Interim]; Council on Criminal Justice, 2004-2007); New York State Bar Association (Criminal Justice Section, Co-Chair, Committee on Appellate Practice, 2005 -2008; Executive Committee, 2005-2009), American Bar Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; New York City Criminal Bar Association; New York Counsel of Defense Lawyers; New York County Lawyers Association

Pro bono/Community Service:

• 1993- present: Cardozo Law School Criminal Appeals clinic, supervising law student representation of indigent defendants; 2008-2010, President, and member, Board of Directors, Windsor Apts., Inc., Riverdale, New York

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• "The Archer Aftermath and Due Process Defense in New York," N.Y.L.J., December, 1981; New York Criminal Practice Handbook, 1994 Supplement, Chapter 16 (Defenses); Perspectives: "Death is too Final," N.Y.L.J., February, 1995; "The Silent Death of People v. Bernier," N.Y.L.J., January 29, 1997; "Petit Jury Versus Grand Jury Instructions: Exploring a Legal Wilderness," Criminal Justice Journal, N.Y.S. Bar Asso., Winter, 1998, Vol. 6, No. 2; "Exhausting State Remedies in Criminal Leave Applications," N.Y.L.J., June 21, 1999; "Remedying Rosario Violations Uncovered after Verdicts and Following Pre-trial Hearings: Has Per Se Become Passé?," Criminal Justice Journal, N.Y.S. Bar Asso., Winter, 1999, Vol. 7, No. 2; "Crafting Criminal Leave Applications: An Update," N.Y.L.J., July 17, 2000; "The Rosario Per Se Rule: Rest in Peace," N.Y.L.J., March 14, 2001; "Preserving Appeals Over Evidentiary Insufficiency," N.Y.L.J., January 24, 2002; "Habeas Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act," N.Y.L.J., September 12, 2002; "Post-Verdict Motions Under State and Federal Criminal Practice," N.Y.L.J, August 4, 2003; "Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims and Deportation Consequences," N.Y.L.J., January 7, 2004; "AEDPA: Habeas Petitions," N.Y.L.J., January 20, 2005; "Federal Post-Verdict Motions - An Update," N.Y.L.J., February 13, 2006; "Newly Discovered Evidence Claims Based on Recantation," N.Y.L.J., February 7, 2007; "Does Federal Anti-Terror Act Infringe on Court Independence?," N.Y.L.J., March 11, 2009; "Offering Defense Witnesses to New York Grand Juries," N.Y.L.J., December 9, 2009; Counsel’s Obligation to Advise a Defendant on the Right to Testify," N.Y.L.J., September 15, 2011  

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• listed in Who's Who in American Law, beginning with the 13th Edition, 2003-2004, and Who's Who in America, beginning with the 59th Edition in 2005.