Born: Pittston, Pennsylvania, January 6, 1942

Education

• King's College (A.B., cum laude, 1963)
• Georgetown University Law Center (L.L.B., 1966)

Bar Admissions & Memberships

• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Noteworthy

• Clerk to Justice Benjamin R. Jones, Pennsylvania Supreme Court (1966-1967)
• 2007 Recipient of the Luzerne County Bar Association's President's Award

Professional Affiliations

• American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
• American College of Barristers, Senior Member
• ADR Options, Inc.- Mediator, (2001-Present)
• Special Trial Master, Luzerne County (1993-Present)
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania,
• Mediator (1994-present)
• American College of Trial Lawyers, Pennsylvania State
• Committee (2003-present)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• - Board of Governors (1980-1983)
• - House of Delegates (1978-1989, 1997-2008)
• - Chairman, IOLTA Committee (1985-1987)
• - Member, Council on Judicial Independence (1988-present)
• - Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee (2001-
• present)
• - Special Committee to Study Tort Reform (1988-1989)
• Pennsylvania Conference of County Bar Leaders- Executive
• Committee, (1990-1996)
• Conference of County Bar Leaders, President (1994-1995)
• Pennsylvania’s Lawyer Trust Account Board, Director (1991-
• 1993)
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania,
• Lawyers' Advisory Committee (1984-1987)
• Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Lawyers Advisory Committee
• (1985-1987)
• Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association
• - Member of Executive Committee (1979-1989)
• - Vice President (1984-1985)
• - President (1986-1987)