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| Practice Areas | Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Defense; Contracts; RICO; Real Estate | | | Education | University of Maryland, J.D., with honors, 1987, University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1980 | | | Admitted | 1988, Pennsylvania; 1990 U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1991 New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1999, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania | |
| Memberships | Philadelphia (Executive Committee, Business Law Section) and American (Co-Chair, Business Courts Subcommittee; Member: Business Law Section; Litigation Section) Bar Associations. | | | Born | Baltimore, Maryland, June 9, 1957 | | | Biography | Recipient, Cunningham Award, 1987. Law Clerk to: Hon. Bernard Balick, Superior Court of Delaware, 1987-1988; Hon. Phyllis W. Beck, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 1988-1989. Author: "A History of the Creation and Jurisdiction of Business Courts in the Last Decade," 60 Business Lawyer 147 (2004); "Recent Developments and Trends in Bad Faith Litigation," NBI, 2005; "Ethical Issues for Lawyers Engaged by Insurance Carriers to Represent those Carriers' Insured," NBI, 2005; Is There a Good Faith Argument for the RICO Enterprise Plaintiff," 27 Del. J. Corporate Law 519 (2002); "Common Sense Remains the Basic Guide in Electronic Discovery," The Business Law Report, Philadelphia Bar Association, Fall 2004; "A Matter of Privileges: In-House Attorney-Client and Work Product Claims Face Challenges," Corporate Counsel Supplement to The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly, November 2001; "Good Lawyering is not a Magic Trick", The Legal Intelligencer, November 5, 1999; "To Thine Own Self and Your Clients Be True", The Pennsylvania Lawyer Magazine, May/June 1999; "Lawyers Who Understand Time Can Avoid Being its Victim", The Pennsylvania Law Weekly, January 25, 1999; "Simple Observations Can Provide Creative Litigation Solutions," The Legal Intelligencer, January 21, 1998; "Lawyers: Make Your Client Your Litigation Partner," The Legal Intelligencer, December 10, 1998; Speaker: Annual Meeting, American College of Business Court Judges, 2005-2007; ABA, "An Introduction to Business Courts," 2007; "Taking Care of Business: Business and Technology Courts in the Twenty-First Century," National Symposium, November 2003; "RICO Basics: Views from the Bench and Bar," 2004; Judge Pro Tempore, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Commerce Case Management Program. Neutral Arbitrator, National Association of Securities Dealers. | | | ISLN | 909402882 | |
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