Attorney Profiles

The philosophy of the firm is to provide the highest quality legal services to the individual client, to recognize the client's needs and objectives, and to represent the client diligently, effectively and as expeditiously as possible. It is also our philosophy that it is a privilege to be retained by our clients and an honor to serve them.

Areas of Practice

• Employment Law
• Personal Injury Law
• Product Liability Law
• Toxic Torts
• Insurance Law
• Civil Litigation

Certification/Specialties

• Certified as a Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1968
• New York, 1982

Education

• George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1968
  J.D.
  
  
• Rutgers University, College of Arts and Sciences, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1965
  B.A.
  Honors: With Honors
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Panel Member, "Lead Liability: Trying the Lead Poisoning Case", Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1994
• Panel Member, "Lead Liability: Trying the Lead Poisoning Case", Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1996
• Speaker, "National Lead Safe Housing and Indoor Environmental Health Conference & Expo", May 16, 2001
• Speaker, "Toxic Tort Law Update Mold, Asbestos & Lead Liability", March 16, 2002

Honors and Awards

• Recipient, Maplewood Lions Club Testimonial of Appreciation for his successful and voluntary participation as a hostage negotiator on behalf of the Maplewood Police Department on October 11-12, 1989
• Recipient, Maplewood Department of Police Order of Commendation, Valor Award, 1989, on behalf of the Maplewood Police Department for his successful and voluntary participations as a hostage negotiator.
• Recipient, United States House of Representatives Citation, 1989, for services rendered as a hostage negotiator on October 11-12, 1989, on behalf of the Maplewood Police Department.
• Named a 2005 "New Jersey Super Lawyer" in the 2005 edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers Magazine by Law & Politics and the publishers of New Jersey Monthly Magazine

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Essex County Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• New Jersey State Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• American Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• American Association for Justice (New Jersey)
  Member
  
  
• South Orange and Maplewood, 1980 - 1983
  Member, Board of Education
  
  
• Maplewood Unity Club, 1981 - 1982
  President
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Honorable Herbert Horn, Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Law Secretary, 1968 - 1969

Birth Information

• 1944, Boston, Massachusetts