Born: Pittston, Pennsylvania, April 24, 1961

Education

• Columbia University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1983). Phi Beta Kappa
• Cornell Law School (J.D., 1986).

Bar Admissions & Memberships

• New York (1987)
• New Jersey (1987)
• Pennsylvania (1988)
• U.S. District Courts for Southern and Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court for District of New Jersey
• U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Professional Affiliations

• Lawyer’s Advisory Committee, Judicial Conference for the Third Circuit
• Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association
• Lackawanna County Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• American Asociation for Justice
• Pennsylvania Association for Justice