| Admission Details | 1980, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1983, Tax Court and U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, District of Columbia; 1991, New York |
| Education | Georgetown University, B.A.; Seton Hall University, J.D. |
| Birth Information | Paterson, New Jersey, July 26, 1954 |
| Associations & Memberships | Bergen County Bar Association [Board of Trustees, 1989-; Secretary, 1997-1998; Treasurer, 1998-1999; Second Vice President, 1999-2000; First Vice President, 2000-2001; President-Elect, 2001-; President, 2002-2003; Immediate Past President, 2003-2004; Committee Member, Continuing Legal Education, 1992-1994; Bergen Barrister, 1988- (Editor-In-Chief, 1994-2002); Member, Board of Directors, New Jersey Lawyer Newspaper, 2000-; Judicial Selections, 1988-1995; Judicial Appointments, 1998-2000; Membership, 1992-; Awards, 1991-1993; Legislative Committee, 1989-1991; Speaker's Bureau, 1982-1991; Public Image and Quality of Life Committee, 2001; President, Young Lawyers Section, 1990-1991; Building Fund, 1996-; Co-Chairman: Civil Practice, 1982-1986; Chairman: Municipal Court, 1992-1995; Nominating Committee, 2003-2004]; New Jersey State Bar Association (Delegate to General Council, 1988-; Nominating Committee, 2002-2003); American Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Republican National Lawyers Association. |
| Additional Bio Details | Editor-in-Chief, Res Ipsa Loquitur (School Newspaper). Recipient: Awards for Excellence, Design and Feature Article, 1977-1978, American Bar Association/Law Student Division Newspaper Contest; Alternatives to Domestic Violence, Carol Dervitz Service to the Community Award, 2002. Member, Associate Editor, Seton Hall Law Review, 1977-1978. Law Secretary to Honorable Thomas F. Franklin, J.S.C., 1979-1980. Author: Casenote, "Cepeda v. Cumberland Engineering Co.," 9 Seton Hall Law Review 888 (1978). Chairman, Saddle River Day School Alumni Association, 1983-1986. Member, Board of Trustees, Saddle River Day School, 1983-1989. Member, Board of Directors, Bergen County Legal Services, 1984-1990. President, Franklin Lakes Republican Club, 1986-1988. Public Defender, Borough of Franklin Lakes, 1984-1994. Chairman, District IIA Fee Arbitration Committee (appointed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey), 1988-1992. Member, District IIA Ethics Committee (appointed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey), 2000-. Member: New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on the Municipal Courts, 1994-1996; Bergen County Superior Court Law Library Committee, 1997; Bergen County Superior Court Task Force on Shared Services for the Municipal Courts, 1998. |