Attorney Profile

My background combines experience both as a prosecutor and criminal defense attorney, as well as experience as an academic, concentrating on appellate practice and civil and criminal procedure.

After graduating from the University of Michigan Law School, I served a clerkship to a federal judge; thereafter, I was a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney's office for 5 years.

Following a tour as a full time law professor at Washington & Lee University, I entered private practice in 1975, where I have remained to date; my areas of practice consist mainly of criminal and civil litigation with a specialty in appeals; family law, trusts & estates, wills and general practice comprise the remainder of my areas of concentration.

Areas of Practice

• 25% Criminal Law
• 30% Appeals
• 25% Civil Litigation
• 10% Personal Injury
• 10% Family Law

Litigation Percentage

• 75% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1969
• Michigan, 1968
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1972
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1971
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1972

Education

• The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  J.D.
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  Law Review: Volume 65 Mich. Law Review, Assistant Editor, 1964 - 1967
  
  
• University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  B.A.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  Major: Economics
  
  

Published Works

• 14th Amendment Forbids Racial Exclusion of DDS from Private Society, Michigan Law Review, Volume 65, 1967

Representative Cases

• Root v. Root, 178 Vt. 634 (Vt. Supreme Court 2005)
• Eckes v. Card Price Update, 736 F.2d 859 (U.S. Court of App. 2d. Cir. 1984)

Representative Clients

• Sports Wire Photo Service
• NCAA Head Basketball Coach
• Diverse Criminal Clients
• Police Benevolent Association

References

• Huggins & Scott

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Lecturer, New Discoveries (CLE Approved), 2003 - 2005

Honors and Awards

• Certificate of Appreciation from New York State Bar Ass'n (Lecturer for Seminar Programs)

Professional Associations and Memberships

• New York County Lawyers Association, 2007 - 2008
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• Association of the Bar, City of New York, 1975 - 2008
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Past Employment Positions

• District Attorney, New York County, Assistant District Attorney, 1968 - 1973
• Washington & Lee University School of Law, Assistant Professor of Law, 1973 - 1974

Pro Bono Activities

• Indigent Client Panel, Westchester County, New York (Portchester), 2007 - 2008

Ancillary Businesses

• Sports Antiquities, Collectibles

Languages

• English

Fraternities/Sororities

• Sigma Alpha Mu

Birth Information

• 1942, Elizabeth, New Jersey