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Admitted: 1974, New York Court of Appeals; 1975, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, District of Columbia Court of Appeals and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York  

Law School: Georgetown University (J.D., 1973 )

College: New York University (B.A., cum laude, 1970)

Birth Date and Place: June 27, 1948, New York, New York

Practice Areas: Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Torts; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Aviation & Aerospace; Civil Practice; Civil Rights; Class Actions; Dram Shop Liability; Railroad Law.  

Additional Information: Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Coat of Arms Society. Recipient: New York University Academic Scholarship; B'nai B'rith International Justice and Human Relations Award. Author: Monographs, "Private Rights of Individuals Under Treatises," 1972; "Cases Analysis of the Good Health Clause in Insurance Contracts," 1972; "Oil Import Quota Policy of the U.S.- The Triple Alliance of Power," 1973; "Shared Custody becomes Law in Pennsylvania," The Barrister Vol. XIII, No. 1, Spring, 1982; "When a Parent Dies Leaving Children, What is the Measure of Damages," The Barrister, Vol. IX, No. 1, Spring, 1983; "War and Peace, Doctor/Lawyer Friction and a Solution," The Barrister, Vol. XV, No. 2, Summer, 1984; "A New Conspiracy of Silence," The Barrister, Vol. XVI, No. 2, Summer, 1985 and The Barrister, Vol. XVI, No. 3, Fall, 1985; "U.S. vs. Serge Kowalchuck, Revisited - Remembering the Lubomyl Ghetto," The Barrister, Vol. XVII, No. 2, Summer, 1986; "Report on the 1985 Third Circuit Judicial Conference-Court Awarded Attorney's Fees," The Barrister, Vol. XVI, No. 4, Winter, 1985-1986; "Summary Jury Trials," The Barrister, Vol. XVII, No. 4, Winter, 1986-1987 and Trial, Vol. 23, No. 9, September, 1987; "The Constitution on Trial," The Barrister, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, Summer, 1987; "When You Have Won Good Enough to Receive Attorneys Fees," The Barrister, Vol. XVIII, No. 4, Winter 1987-1988; "Defendants Ex-Parte Contact With Plaintiff Treating Physician Revisited: A Strong Message to Those Who Would Invade Plaintiff Rights," The Barrister, Vol. XIX, No. 1, Spring, 1988; "Report on the 1988 Third Circuit Judicial Conference-Rule II-Solution or Frivolity," The Barrister, Vol. XIX, No. 4, Winter, 1988-1989; "Representing the Physician in Trouble: Is There a Lawyer in the House," The Barrister, Vol. XX, No. 2, Summer, 1989; "Will A Jewish American Fill the Next Vacancy on the United States Supreme Court?" The Barrister, Vol. XXI, No. 1, Spring, 1990; Contributor, Mann/Stoval Gynecologic Surgery, Churchill Livingstone, Published, 1996; United States vs. Jonas Stelmokas, Remembering The Vilijanpole Ghetto," The Barrister, Vo. XXVII, No. 2, Summer, 1997; "Restatement III," The Barrister, Vol. 29, No. 1, Summer, 1998. Author of Treatises: "Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice"; "Workers' Rights in Pennsylvania--A Guide for Lawyers Who Represent Workers and Businesses Who Employ Them". Cliff Notes Analysis of Case Law, 1993- . Law Clerk to Honorable Malcolm Muir, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1973-1975. Lecturer: Pennsylvania Bar Institute; Trial Advocacy Foundation; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Foundation. Co-operating Attorney, Lewisburg Prison Project, 1976- . Attorney Invitee to the Third Circuit Judicial Conference. Lycoming County Law Association (Member: Medico-Legal Committee; Chair, Bench Bar Committee), Pennsylvania (Member, Litigation Section; Chair, Amicus Committee), New York State, Federal (Past President, Central PA Chapter, 199

Firm Members: Donald Martino