Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member, Board of Governors, American Association for Justice, 1984 - Present
• Chair, American Association for Justice, Criminal Law Section, 1978 - 1979
• Chair, American Association for Justice, Product Liability Exchange, 1987 - 1992
• Chair, Budget Committee (Formerly Home Office & Budget), American Association for Justice, 1989 - Present
• Chair, American Association for Justice, 1995 - 1997
• Member, American Association for Justice, 1989
• Member, American Association for Justice, 1980
• Dean, National College Trial Advocacy, 1984
• Chair, America Association for Justice, Tort Section, 1988 - 1989
• President, Big Apple Pothole Protective Corporation, 1997 - Present
• Editor in Chief, Bill of Particulars, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1992
• President, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1993 - 1994
• Member Board of Directors, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1980 - Present
• New York, 1968
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1970
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1970
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1970
• U.S. Tax Court, 1971
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1972
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1974
• U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1974
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1978
• Pennsylvania, 1979

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Guest Lecturer, St. John's University School of Law
• Guest Lecturer, Nova Law School (Florida)
• Guest Lecturer, University of Arizona School of Law
• Guest Lecturer, Georgetown University School of Law
• Guest Lecturer, Yale University School of Law
• Guest Lecturer, Princeton University
• Guest Lecturer, Harvard University School of Law
• Guest Editorial, New York Times 1993; New York Post 1994
• Enforcement of Plea Bargaining Agreements, Settlement and Plea Bargaining, ATLA Press, 1981
• Admissibility of Polygraph, Hypnosis, Truth Drugs in a Criminal Trial, 4 American Journal of Trial Advocacy 539
• Art of Non-Verbal Communication, Featured Column, Trial Diplomacy Journal, (1980-1981)
• Initial Client Interview, Atla Press, Best of Trial Vol 1, 1990
• Fair Trial -- Free Press, 12 New York Trial Lawyers Quarterly 60
• Innovative Pre-Trial Motion Practice, 1 American Journal of Trial Advocacy 35
• Basis of Opinion Evidence, Forensic Sciences, Matthew Bender & Company, 1984
• Establishing The Negotiating Posture, What's It Worth? A Guide To Personal Injury Awards and Settlements, Kluwer Publishers, 1987
• How to Settle for Top Dollar, Michie Publishers, 1989 Annual Supplements 1990, 1991

Representative Clients:

• Pearl v. City of Long Beach, et al, 296 F 3rd 76 (2nd Cir cert. denied 2002)
• Sherreal Abdulwali v. Washington Metro Area Transit Authority, 193 F.R.D. 10 (2000)
• People v. Brown, 46 A.D.2d 590, 364 N.Y.S.2d 512 (1st Dept 1975)
• People v. Root, 87 Misc.2d 482, 384 N.Y.S.2d 951 (N.Y.Sup. 1975)
• People v. Brown, 40 N.Y.2d 183, 352 N.E.2d 545, 386 N.Y.S.2d 359 (1976)
• Kenna v. Ambach, 61 A.D.2d 1091, 403 N.Y.S.2d 351 (1st Dept 1978)
• Burch v. Burch, 109 Misc.2d 503, 440 N.Y.S.2d 445 (N.Y.Sup. 1981)
• People v. Murphy, 81 N.Y.2d 60, 638 N.E. 2d 62, 614 N.Y.S.2d 714 (1984)
• Rohring v. City of Niagara Falls, 81 N.Y.2d 60, 638 N.E.2d 62, 614 N.Y.S. 2d 714 (N.Y. 1994)
• Matter of Kuschner, 200 A.D.2d 336, 616 N.Y.S.2d 206 (1st Dept 1994)
• Uribe v. Merchants Bank of New York, 239 A.D.2d 128, 657 N.Y.S.2d 613 (1st Dept 1997)
• Debora Esteves, et al v. New York City Housing Authority, 698 N.Y.S. 2d. 724 (2nd Dept 1999)

Educational Background:

• New York University, New York, New York, B.A., 1965