Joseph V. McCarthy

Phi Alpha Delta. Confidential Clerk, U.S. District Court Judge, Western District of New York, 1969-1971.

American College of Trial Lawyers. Member, N.Y.S. Institute of Professionalism. President, Erie County Bar Foundation, 1999-2000. Chief Justice Judith Kaye's Committee on the Profession and the Courts, 1993-1995. Western New York Defense Lawyers Association, Lawyer of the Year, 1998. Ethics Institute Committee of the Office of Court Administration, 1996-1997; Member, Board of Directors, Erie County Bar Foundation, 1994—; Committee on Standards and Goals of the Office of Court Administration, 1993-1995; New York State Bar Association Committee of Lawyers to Evaluate Action for Reform, 1995-1997; New York State Bar Association Committee on the CPLR, 1994-1995. Member, Board of Directors, New York State Bar Association, 1997-1998. Member, Committee on Case Management, Fourth Judicial Department, 1995-1997; Chairman, Practice and Procedure Committee, Erie County Bar Association, 1984-1987; Director, Western New York Trial Lawyers Association, 1985-1988; Director, Western New York Defense Lawyers Association, 1990-1993; Director, Erie County Bar Association, 1988-1991; President-Elect, 1992-1993, President, 1993-1994, Erie County Bar Association; Board of Directors, Volunteer Lawyers Program, 1992-1993; New York State Bar Association Committee on Merit Selection, 1992-1995; Eighth Judicial District Judicial Advisory Council, 1993-1995. Member of Panel, American Arbitration Association.