Position: Member

TEL: 412-391-9860

FAX: 412-391-7453

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Admitted: 1966, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Western and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, District of Columbia Circuit

Law School: Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 1966

College: Brown University, A.B., 1963

Birth Date and Place: Braddock, Pennsylvania, 1941

Practice Areas: Complex Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Law; Appellate Practice; Toxic Torts; Medical Negligence; Gaming Law; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Torts; Trial Practice; Aquatic Injuries; Catastrophic Injury

Additional Information:  Allegheny County (Member, Ethics Committee, 1983; Chairperson, 1988 and Member, 1981-1988, Judiciary Committee; Chairperson, Bench Bar Conference, 1980), Pennsylvania (Chairperson, Workmen's Compensation Section, 1986; Member, Special Tort Reform Committee) and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (State Committeeman, 1978-1980; Member, Board of Governors, 1986-1988; Executive Board, 2000-2001); Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1985-1986; Trustee LAWPAC, 1980—); West Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1983); Lawyers for Consumer Rights (President, 1986-1988); Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County (President, 2007-2008); American Bar Foundation.

Member, Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1996-2002 (Chair, 1999-2000); Pennsylvania Supreme Court Civil Procedure Rules Committee, 1988-1994. Dickinson School of Law of Pennsylvania State University, Board of Counselors. Finalist, Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, Lawyers for Public Justice, 1999. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1987-2009; Pennsylvania Top 100 Super Lawyer, 2004-2006. Fellow: International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Board of Directors, 1998-2003); American College of Trial Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates (Board of Directors, 1999).