University Attended:
University of Rhode Island, B.S., with highest distinction, 1987
Law School Attended:
University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1990
Year of First Admission:
1990
Admission:
1990, Pennsylvania; 1992, California; 1997, Connecticut; 1991, U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1991, U.S. District Court Northern District of California; 1993, U.S. District Court Southern District of California; 1997, U.S. District Court District of Connecticut; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court
Memberships:
Connecticut
Trial Lawyers Association; American
Civil Liberties Union; Connecticut
Civil Liberties Union; American
Association for Justice; International
Academy of Trial Lawyers
Birth Information:
Newport, Rhode Island, July 12, 1962
Reported Cases:
$41.5 Million for a
15-year-old student who contracted a life-altering disease while on a school
trip to China; Confidential
Settlements for three men who were sexually abused when attending Indian
Mountain School, a junior boarding school in Connecticut; $20 Million for a
young man who was sexually abused by a rabbi while attending a religious
school; $10.8 Million for
woman who was sexually abused by her stepfather; $5 Million for the
family of a man who died of mouth cancer resulting from use of smokeless
tobacco products; $2.3 Million for the
wrongful death of a psychiatric patient; $2 Million for a woman
who suffered severe emotional distress after her ex-boyfriend spied on her with
covert surveillance equipment.