Honors and Awards:

• Selected as one of "100 People to Watch" in the Philadelphia Region, in July 1995 issue, Volume 6. No. 7. Business Philadelphia Magazine (1995).
• Received the Outstanding Parent Service Award, Waldron Mercy Academy (1996).
• Elected to Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Bar Association (1999).
• Received George Douglas Amicus Curiae Award for outstanding and industrious appellate advocacy as amicus curiae counsel on behalf of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and the consumers of Pennsylvania (2003).

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• AV Rating by Martindale-Hubbell.

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Villanova Law School J. Willard O'Brien American Inn of Court: Master (2006 to present); Pupillage Team Captain (2008-2010); Program Chair (2011-2012). Team captain for team winning the First Place Award for Outstanding Program for 2009-2010, issued by the American Inns of Court.
• Pennsylvania Association for Justice: Member (1976 to present); Board of Governors (1998 to present); Executive Committee (2000-2002); Amicus Curiae Committree (1997 to present); Education Committee (1998 to present);Chair of Auto Section (2004-2007); Editor of Auto Section Newsletter (2001-2007); Recipient George Douglas Amicus Curiae Award (2003).
• Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association: Member (1976 to present); Board of Directors (1999-2006); Editor of The Verdict (2001-2006).
• American Association for Justice: Member (1976 to present). 
• Philadelphia Bar Association: Member (1976 to present); Board of Governors (1999-2001); Member and/or Chair of numerous committees.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Judge Pro Tempore for Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia (1996 to present).
• Arbitrator for United States District Court for Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1981 to present).
• Arbitrator for Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia (1977 to present).
• Waldron Mercy Academy Parent Teacher Cooperative; President (1989-1991) and Member of the Board of Directors (1989-1993).

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Author of Volume 13, West's Pennsylvania Practice Series, Pennsylvania Rules of the Road, published by Thomson Reuters, Eagan, MN, with annual updates, including the most recent update: 2011-2012 Edition (11/2011).
• Author of Pennsylvania Civil Procedure: Cases & Materials, published by West Group, Eagan, MN, for use at Temple University School of Law in course on Pennsylvania Civil Procedure (2000).
• Author of Pennsylvania Rules of the Road, Second Edition, published by West Publishing Group, Eagan, MN (1997).
• Author of Pennsylvania Rules of the Road, published by Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company, Rochester, NY (1995).
• Author of Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Litigation, published by West Group, Eagan, MN, with regular supplements (1999).
• Wrote materials and lectured at Annual Update of the Law CLE seminar for the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, first in Auto Law and more recently in Civil Practice and Procedure., Lecturer, Annual Update of the Law Seminar, Pennsylvania Association for Justice, 1996

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Qualified for membership in Million Dollar Advocates Forum, through multiple verdicts and settlements in excess of $1,000,000.

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Adjunct Professor of Law, Villanova University School of Law (2010 to present).
• Developed training seminar for all arbitrators serving in the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (1981) and chaired this program from 1981 to 2003.
• Adjunct Professor of Law, James E. Beasley School of Law at Temple University (1999 to present).

Educational Background:

• J.D. from Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, PA (1976).
• B.A. from Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA (1972).