Honors and Awards:

• Phi Delta Phi Honorary Inductee for exemplary ethics in the practice of law, Harrop Freeman Prize for advancement of civil rights in practice

Bar/Professional Activity:

• New York State Bar Association

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Former Member, Board of Directors:  American Red Cross, Tompkins County Chapter (Chair, Audit Committee, member, Executive Committee); Community Building Works, Inc.; FIRST (i.e., Foundation for Ichthyosis and Related Skin Types); Historic Ithaca; Ithaca Community Childcare Center.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Frequently invited to speak at venues including American Bar Association Annual Convention, Martindale-Hubbel "Counsel to Counsel" seminar, New York State Bar Association CLE programs, Cornell Law School, Ithaca College, and many local and regional bar and business groups on subjects including dispute resolution methods, negotiation and settlement, ethical conduct in legal practice, trade secret and patent protection, technology transfer, proactive measures to reduce litigation risk, and sundry specific subjects.

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Most matters are resolved by negotiated resolutions with confidentiality restrictions that prohibit publication here.  Matters not so restricted include the internal review of related party transactions for the Emerson Radio Corp. Audit Committee, avoidance of potential domestic liability for foreign judgments against major client conducting international business from a U.S. base, service as chief IP officer for international patent exchange company, structured and negotiated sales of retail products and services companies, dismissal of successor liability claims and imposition of strict liability limits in complex commercial litigation, verdict against Washington Gas Company for breach of contract (obtained maximum direct damages plus interest plus attorneys fees and litigation costs, totaling over $2 million).

Transactions:

• Supervised restructuring and/or sale of businesses across New York State with transaction values ranging up to hundreds of millions.  Negotiated and drafted many technology transfers, joint research arrangements, IP licenses, executive employments, vendor and customer terms, and other contracts.  Serve as outside Chief IP Officers for patent exchange company.

Representative Clients:

• American Tower Corp. (cellular communications), Emerson Radio Corporation, Audit Committee (consumer electronics), Emigra Group, LLC (worldwide immigration services), Wellgate Products, LLC (medical device R&D and sales), Glyph Technologies (professional audio electronics), Hemlock Properties LLC (real estate development), JSA Technologies, Inc. and ActionXL LLC (computer software services), Primet Precision Materials, Inc. (nanotechnology R&D and sales), Ithaca Beer Company, Inc. (microbrewery), Cognitive Science LLC (behavior science programs), Silicon Video, Inc. (digital imaging), Agave Biosystems, Inc. (biotechnology research), various financiers and attorneys regarding confidential matters.

Educational Background:

• Cornell University, College of Arts & Sciences, A.B. cum laude Cornell Law School, J.D.