Bar/Professional Activity:

• Former Chair, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, New York State Bar Association--one of the largest Sections (2600 lawyers) of the NYS Bar Association. In this capacity I have organized Bar meetings, CLE programs for the Bar and conducted workshops on legal issues for Commercial Division judges. Former Chair, Computer and Intellectual Property Litigation Committee, New York State Bar Association, Former Co-Chair, Computer Litigation Committee, Litigation Section, American Bar Association, Co-Chair, Praciticing Law Institute's annual "Information Technology Institute" 1995-2010, Co-Chair, Practicing Law Institute's seminar Cloud Computing 2010, 2011, former Board Member, International Technology Law Association, 2010

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Lincoln Center Institute, Member Board of Directors; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Counsels' Council, Member. Citizens Committee for New York City, Member Board of Directors The American Friends of the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig, Founding Member Board of Directors, 2011

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• This article discusses the legal and business strategies for resolving computer industry disputes while avoiding legal actions., Don't Rush to Court When Your Computer Fails, Harvard Business Review
• This legal symposium considered the early impact of the Internet on the broadcasting industry.  It anticipated many of the legal and regulatory issues confronting present-day broadcasters., Co-Presenter, The Internet-Is It Broadcasting?, Touro Law Review, Technology Industry, 1997
• The impact of antitrust law on computer technology companies., Author, Should We Kill the Dinosaurs or Will They Die of Natural Causes, Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, 1999

Representative Clients:

• World Programming Limited (UK); ALM Media LLC (American Lawyer);The Walt Disney Company; RF Micro Devices, Inc.;  New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.; Chubb Insurance; Webster Bank; Arrow Electronics, Inc.; Perot Systems Corporation; Bowne & Co., Inc.; Broadview Networks, Inc.; Danske Bank A/S; Soft Computer Consultants, Inc.; Florida Hospital; Armanta, Inc.

Educational Background:

• Columbia University School of Law, JD
• Dartmouth College, BA