Professional Community Activities
•American, Pennsylvania and Luzerne County Bar Associations- Member
• B'nai B'rith-Seligman J. Strauss Lodge - Past President (1970-74);
• Recipient of the Community Service Award (2003)
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency- Past Board Member (2006-07)
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Independent Regulatory Review Commission, Commissioner (2003-06; 2015-Present)
• Community Relations Council of Jewish Federation of Greater Wilkes-Barre, Chairman (1993-97 and 2000-15)
• Disciplinary Board of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Hearing Committee (1991-94)
• Duquesne University School of Law Alumni Association of NEPA, Past President (1997-99)
• Executive Committee of Governor-Elect Edward G. Rendell's Transition Team (2012-13)
• Transition Team for Governor Joshua Shapiro
• M. Kirby Center, Past member of the Board of Directors
• Greater Wilkes-Barre Partnership, Inc., t/a Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry, (Chairman (2001-02))
• Jewish Community Center of Wyoming Valley, Past President (1982-84)
• Jewish Federation of Greater Wilkes-Barre, Past President (1988-90)
• Keystone College President's Advisory Council (2006-16)
• Luzerne County Advisory Committee to Pennsylvania Economy League
• Luzerne County Business Roundtable, Chairman (2002)
• M&T Bank - Director- Advisory Board for the NEPA Region (2004-Present)
• Misericordia University, Board of Trustees (1985-2015; currently, Trustee Emeritus)
• Doctor of Humane Letters Award (2021)
• NEPA Council of the Boy Scouts of America
• Distinguished Citizen's Award (2006)
• Ohav Zedek Synagogue, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Past President (1986-88)
• Pennsylvania 'Super Lawyer' (2006, 2009, 2013 & 2014)
• The Commonwealth Medical College, Past member of the Board of Directors (2007-15)
• United Way of Wyoming Valley General Campaign, Past Chairman (1990)
• United Way of Wyoming Valley, Past Chairman of the Board of Directors (1992-94)
• Wilkes-Barre Jaycees
• Distinguished Service Award (1979)
• Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association (Luzerne County Bar Association)
• WVIA TV/FM/HDTV, Past member of Board of Directors (1998-2010)