Practice Areas: Appellate Law; Railroad Law; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Malpractice Law

Admitted: 1979, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1988, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, First and Tenth Circuits; 2002, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 2003, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; 2005, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School: Temple University, J.D., cum laude, 1979

College: Temple University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1976

Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Biography: Phi Beta Kappa.

Reported Cases: Fitchik v. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, June, 873 F.2d 655 (3rd Cir. 1989, en banc); Hess v. Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp., 115 S.Ct. 394, 130 L.Ed. 2d 245 (November 14, 1994).

Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 13, 1955

ISLN: 906004799

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