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 Board of Trial Advocates, Advocate
- 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-present); 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)