Education

Northwestern University [B.S. 1970]; Fordham University [J.D. 1976].

Professional Associations

Member: Commercial Arbitration Panel, American Arbitration Association. Member: Westchester County, New York State [Member, Sections on Insurance, Negligence and Compensation Law; Trial Lawyers] and American [Member, Sections on Local Government, Tort and Insurance Law on Litigation] Bar Associations. 1992: Counsel, 1994: Member, 1995: Chairman, Zoning Board of Appeals of Village of Bronxville, N.Y. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Member: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Admitted to Practice

Admitted to bar 1977, New York and U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1981, U.S District Court, Western District of New York; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court; 1989, U.S District Court, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Defense of professional liability matters including defense of physicians and hospitals, attorneys, accountants, architects and engineers, insurance agents and brokers, corporate directors and officers, pension trustees and fiduciaries; municipal liability, political discrimination and civil rights defense; construction claims litigation; defense of employment disputes; product liability defense; representation of insurers in the preparation of coverage opinions and analysis at both the primary and excess levels; insurance and re-insurance regulatory and administrative advice; drafting wording of insurance policies and endorsements, construction contracts and general contracts. Trials and Appeals in all courts.

Other

Author: "Minimum Contacts, Shaffer's Unified Jurisdictional Test", 12 Valp. Law Review 25.

Lecturer before the New York State Society of Professional Engineers.