Practice Areas - Business
- Commercial
- Employment
- Hazardous Waste
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- Environmental
- Toxic Tort
- Product Liability Litigation
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| University | New Jersey City University, B.A., cum laude, 1980 Phi Sigma Alpha |
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| Law School | Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 1986 |
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| Admitted | 1986, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1987, New York; 1991, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York |
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| Memberships | New Jersey State (President, 2003-2004; President-Elect, 2002-2003; First Vice President, 2002; Second Vice President, 2001-2002; Treasurer, 2000-2001; Secretary, 1999-2000; Trustee, 1995-1999; Chair, Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee, 1998-1999; Chair, Diversity Committee, 1997-1998; Member, Young Lawyers Division Executive Board, 1990-1993; Member, 1989—), Morris County (Member, 1987—, Judicial Selection Committee, 2005—), Essex County (Trustee, 1994-1997; Member, Commission on Professionalism Committee, 2008— , Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1993-1997; Chair, Minorities in the Profession Committee, 1991-1993; Member, Nominating Committee, 1991-1993; Member, Young Lawyers Division Executive Board, 1990-1992; Member, 1989—), Garden State (President, 1991-1993; Trustee, 1989-1991; Member, 1986—), National (Chair, Commercial Law Section, 2003-2007; First Vice Chair, 2002-2003; Second Vice Chair, 1999-2002; Secretary, 1998-1999; Judicial Committee, 2005-2008; Secretary, Division of Partners in Majority Law Firms, 1999-2001; Treasurer, 1994-1996; Member, 1990—) and American (House of Delegates, 2006—; Member: Litigation Section; Federal Practice Task Force, 2001-2002; Member, Task Force on Judiciary, 2001-2002 and 2005-2009; Member, 1987—) Bar Associations; National Conference of Bar Presidents (Treasurer, 2010—, Secretary, 2009-2010, Executive Council, 2004-2007; Chair, Diversity Committee, 2006-2007 and Member, 2002—); American Bar Foundation (Fellow, 2005—); Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey (Trustee, 2005—). |
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| Born | Jersey City, New Jersey, October 11, 1958 |
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| Biography | Phi Alpha Delta (Justice, 1984-1985). Director, Seton Hall Moot Court Board, 1985. Judicial Law Clerk to the Hon. Davis S. Baime, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, 1986-1987. Author: "Serving a Purpose Then and Now: The Continuing Role of Minority Bar Associations," New Jersey Lawyer, November/December 1992. Co-Author: "Privileges," New Jersey Trial and Evidence Treatise, 2003, Updated 2009, 2nd Ed. 2009, NJICLE; "How To Establish (and Maintain) a Professional Relationship," Garden State Magazine, November 2003. Adjunct Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law, 1988-1990. New Jersey Supreme Court Appointments: Chair, 1993-1994, Vice Chair, 1992-1993 and Member, 1990-1994, District Fee Arbitration Committee; Member, Committee on the Tax Court, 1990-1993; Member, Committee on Civil Practice, 1992-2006; Chair, Part II, 1998-2007 and Member, 1993-2007, Committee on Character; Member, Committee on Judicial Evaluation, 1994—. New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education: Chair, Bylaws and Policy Committee, 1999-2002; Mission Statement Committee Chair, 1997-1999; Board of Directors, 1997-2003. Certified Arbitrator and Certified Mediator, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Member, The Salvation Army Morristown Corps Advisory Board, 1997—. Celebrity Read Chair, 2001-2005 and Celebrity Read Volunteer, 1990-2006, United Way of Essex and West Hudson. (Also at Newark, New Jersey Office)
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| ISLN | 902999440 |
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