Admitted: 1984, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Law School: Seton Hall University, J.D.
Member: American Bar Association; New Jersey State Bar Association; Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey; Founding Member of the Bar Association for the Third Federal Circuit; Essex County Bar Association; and Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey.
Biography: Editor-in-Chief, Seton Hall Law Review, 1983-1984. Law Clerk to the Honorable Maryanne Trump Barry, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1984-1985. Counsel to the Commissioner/Director of Litigation, Department of the Public Advocate for the State of New Jersey, 1990-1991. Named: among the Best Lawyers in America; one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in the State. Recipient: Distinguished Graduate Award, Seton Hall Law School, 2010; Criminal Trial Attorney Achievement Award, Essex County Bar Association, 2001. Author: "Outrageous Conduct: The Third Circuit's Treatment of the Due Process Defense," 19 Seton Hall Law Review 606 (1989) (cited approvingly in State v. Johnson, 127 N.J. 458 (1992) and Y. Kamisar, Modern Criminal Procedure Ch. 7 at 419 n.a. (8th ed. 1994); Book Review, Bernard Schwartz's "The New Right and the Constitution: Turning Back the Legal Clock," 21 Seton Hall Law Review 540 (1991). Adjunct Professor of Law, Criminal Procedure, Professional Responsibility, Legal Writing, Seton Hall Law School, 1986-1992. Member: Board of Trustees, Drew University, 2006; Board of Visitors, Seton Hall Law School, 2004; Merit Selection Panels for Appointment and Reappointment of United States Magistrate Judges, District of New Jersey; Lawyers Advisory Committee, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1996-2000; Editorial Board, New Jersey Lawyer, 1994-2008; New Jersey Supreme Court Civil Practice Committee, 1990-1992. Past President, Seton Hall University School of Law Alumni Council. Member and Former Trustee, Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey. Director, Legal Services Foundation of Essex County. Member, Historical Society of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Fellow: American Bar Association (2005).
Born: New York, N.Y., March 2, 1958