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| Practice Areas | Federal Practice; Complex Litigation; Class Actions; Chancery Practice; Securities Litigation; Professional Liability | | | Education | University of Michigan, J.D., cum laude, 1972, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, B.S., 1969 | | | Admitted | 1972, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1973, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court; 1980, New York; 1981, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit | |
| Memberships | Essex County, New Jersey State and American (Co-Chair and Founder, Class Action Committee; Section of Litigation; Revenue Officer; Member and Counsel, Executive Committee; Liaison, Advisory Committee on Civil Rules; Co-Chair, Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee, 1997-2000); Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey (President); American Law Institute. | | | Born | New York, N.Y., February 2, 1948 | | | Biography | Research and Development Editor, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, 1971-1972. Law Clerk to Hon. Frederick B. Lacey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1972-1974. Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1974-1977. Recipient, U.S. Department of Justice Special Achievement Award, 1977. Appointed Arbitrator, United States District Court, District of New Jersey, Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County. Appointed to Supreme Court of New Jersey Civil Practice Committee (1996-1998, 1998-2000, 2000—); Supreme Court of New Jersey Committee on Model Jury Charges, Civil (1986-1987). Member, Editorial Board of New Jersey Lawyer, (1996—). Member, Advisory Board, BNA Class Action Litigation Reporter. Testified before U.S. Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Civil Rules on proposed revisions to Class Action Rule (1997) and E-Discovery Rule (2005). Author: "Federal Class Action Reform: Action Expected on the Legislative cd Rule-making Fronts," Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (4/01); "Congressional Class Action Reform: Shift Most State Class Actions to Federal Court," ABA Section of Litigation, Committee on Corporate Counsel Newsletter (12/98) and Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (9/98); "Reform for Federal Class Action Procedure: Proposed Changes to Rule 23," Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (8/96). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2006. Named by the New Jersey Super Lawyers magazine as being among the top five percent of lawyers in the State. Voted as one of "The Top 100 New Jersey Super Lawyers" in 2006 by New Jersey Super Lawyers Magazine. Fellow, New Jersey Chapter, American Bar Association.(Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification) | | | ISLN | 906903979 | |
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