Honors and Awards:

• Delegate to the Third Circuit Conference, Philadelphia, PA - Sept., 1987
• Member, Hearing Committee 1.04 - 1986-90; Chair, 1990-92, The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• Served as Settlement Master and presently as Judge Pro Tem, Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, 1993
• Civil Litigation Section Special Award, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1996
• Milton D. Rosenberg Award, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 1999
• Justice Michael A. Musmanno Award, Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, 2000

Bar/Professional Activity:

• American Bar Association
• Women’s Task Force Advisory Council, Mentoring Group for Young Women Attorneys
• Women's Law Project, Board of Trustees
• Lawyers for Consumer Rights, Board of Directors and Officer
• LAWPAC contributor since 1979
• Trial Advocacy Foundation of Pennsylvania, Statewide Seminar Committee
• Philadelphia Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
• Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Oct., 2003 PaTLA Seminar: Med Mal Expert Testimony: The Keys to Victory. Philadelphia, PA; July, 2003 Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges Seminar: Medical Malpractice Update. Hershey, PA; July, 2003 ATLA Seminar: Using Daubert/Frye as a Sword, Not a Shield. Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA; July, 2003 PaTLA Seminar: Medical Malpractice: Critical Cross Examination Ten Tips for Cross Examination of Medical Experts Annual Convention, Nemacolin Woodlands, Farmington, PA;  April, 2003 PaTLA Seminar: Med Mal Top Ten Issues: What You Need to Know Phila., PA;  Feb., 2003 PaTLA Telephone Seminar: New Supreme Court Rules: Certificate of Merit and Venue; Oct., 2002 PaTLA Seminar: Medical Malpractice - How to Win in Today’s Environment Phila., PA; April, 2002 PBI Satellite Broadcast: Medical Liability Reform, CAT Fund Reform and Patient Safety, Harrisburg, PA; April, 2002 PaTLA Seminar: New Med Mal Legislation - House Bill 1802. Phila., PA; Harrisburg, PA;  March, 2002 PBI Seminar: Trial Tactics, Tips & Techniques. Phila., PA; Nov., 2001 PBI Seminar: Proving Damages in Personal Injury and Death Cases. Phila., PA; Harrisburg, PA;  Oct., 2001 PBI Seminar Master Advocate Series: Deconstructing the Medical Negligence Case (3 hour one speaker program), Phila., PA; Harrisburg, PA;  July, 2001 PaTLA Seminar: Medical Malpractice Workshop. Annual Convention, Hershey, Pennsylvania;  April, 2001 ATLA Boardwalk Seminar - Personal Injury - 2001: A Trial Odyssey. “Using Frye/Daubert as a Sword, not a Shield.” Atlantic City, NJ; April, 2001 PaTLA Seminar: Trial, Negotiation & Business Skills for Women Trial Lawyers Phila., PA (Course Planner);  Dec., 2000 PBI Seminar: Race & Gender in the Courtroom: Tips & Tactics to Benefit your Clients, Phila., PA (Course Planner); Nov., 2000 PBI Seminar: Trial Tactics: Cross-Examination of Medical Experts., Phila., PA; Harrisburg, PA; July, 2000 PaTLA Seminar. “Using Frye as a Sword not a Shield.” Annual Convention, Nemacolin Woodlands, Farmington, PA; Oct., 1999 PaTLA Seminar. 3rd Annual Medical Negligence Seminar: Focus on Orthopedic Surgery. Phila., PA;  July, 1999 PaTLA Seminar. "Medical Malpractice: Delay in Diagnoses of Cancer." Philadelphia, PA; Nov., 1998 PaTLA Seminar. "Malpractice in the E.R.: Medicine, Law and Tactics." Philadelphia, PA;  July, 1998 PaTLA Seminar. “Top 10 Missed Diagnoses in Emergency Rooms.” Annual convention. Hershey, PA