Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi.
Member: Editorial Board, Syracuse Law Review, 1970-1971; Justinian Society.
Author: “Understanding How to Apply the DSM - IV to a Case Under the ADA,” 17
The Labor Lawyer 449 (2002); “An Employee Compliance Checklist, The Employment
Provisions of the ADA,” 39 Federal News & Bar Journal Vol. 1, pg. 81,
(January, 1992); “Accommodating the Americans With Disabilities Act to
Collective Bargaining Obligations Under the NLRA,” Volume 18, No. 2, Employee
Relations Law Journal, page 273 ff. (Autumn, 1992). Faculty Member and
Lecturer: National Academy of Arbitrators, Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Canada,
Tough Calls in Arbitration Symposium, 2008; AFL-CIO, Annual Meeting, Seattle,
Washington, Update on Anti-Discrimination Laws, 2008; Georgetown University Law
Center Employment Law & Litigation Update 1998-; Juxtaposition of FMLA,
Workers’ Compensation and the ADA, April 16-17, 1998; American Bar Association,
Continuing Legal Education TeleConference-Employee Leaves of Absence: at the
Crossroads of the FMLA, the ADA and Worker’s Compensation, March 26, 1996,
National Teleconference; Practicing Law Institute, Sexual Harassment Litigation
Program – Plaintiff’s Perspective: Motion Practice in Sexual Harassment
Litigation, New York City, June 22, 1994; Building and Construction Trades
Attorneys’ Conference, April 4, 1994, Seattle Washington: The Americans With
Disabilities Act: Application of Title III, Public Accommodations, to Unions in
the Construction Trades; Program Co-Chair, 25th Pacific Coast Labor Law
Conference: Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs, Creating Equity in the Workplace and
Avoiding Disaster in the Courts; The Americans With Disabilities Act:
Adjustments for Collective Bargaining - Reality Replaces Rhetoric, May 15,
1992, Seattle, Washington. Member, 1975-, Secretary, 1978, President, 1979 and
Vice President, 1983, Board of Directors, Onondaga Neighborhood Legal Services,
Inc. Member, Executive Board, 1990-1994, Rochester Fights Back. Vice-Chair,
Greater Rochester Fights Back, 1992-1994; Chair, Prevention Partners, 1994-1996;
Co-Chair, Rochester Committee on Foreign Relations, 1992-1998. Member, Board of
Directors, United Way of Rochester, 1991-1996; Listed, New York Magazine,
Summer Issue 2006, The New York Area’s Best Lawyers; Listed SuperLawyer, 2022;
Member, Board of Directors, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, 2008-, and
Secretary, 2011- Chair Elect 2013-2014; Chair, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Board of Directors, 2015-2019 and Immediate Past-Chair 2020.
New York Bar Foundation.