Practice Areas:

• Insurance Law

• Negligence Law

• Civil Litigation

• Commercial Litigation

Admitted to Bar:

• New York--1985

• Florida--1988

• United States District Court, Western District of New York--1988

• United States District Court, Northern District of New York--1994
  
  

 Education: 

• University of Rochester (B.A., 1981)

• Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1984)

  • Note and Comment Editor, Albany Law Review (1983-1984)
    
    

 Member: 

• New York State Bar Association:  Chairman, Torts, Insurance and Compensation 

• Law Section (1999-present): Chairman, Automobile Liability Committee (1991-1995)

• Delegate, House of Delegates (1999-present)

• New York State Trial Lawyers Association

• NY Editorial Board, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Co. (1993-1995)

• Monroe County Bar Association (Member, Judiciary Committee)

• Defense Research Institute (2000-present)
  
  

Other Employment: 

• Deputy Town Attorney, Town of Webster, (1988-1995)
  
  

Authored:

• "Litigating the No-Fault Serious Injury Threshold". Am Jur Trials, Vol. 59, P.    347

• "Escape from Debtor's Prison: The Manville Reorganization," Vol. 48, No.4 Albany Law Review, 1984

• "Serious Injury, Meeting and Defeating the Threshold," INCL Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1

• "Update of No-Fault Serious Injury Case Law," INCL Journal Vol. 19, No. 1

• "Update: Products Liability Law," FICC Journal, Fall
  
  

Recipient:

• Outstanding Young Alumnus Award, Albany Law School (1990)

• Young Lawyer Award, NYSBA Insurance Section (1990)

• Committee Chair of the Year Award, NYSBA TICL Section (1998)
  
  

Panelist/Lecturer:

• Numerous presentations on trial, insurance, and personal injury litigation issues