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Practice Areas
- Appeals & Appellate
- Business Law
- Criminal Law
- Gov & Administrative Law
- Intellectual Property
Additional Practice Areas
- Administrative Law
- Appellate Litigation
- Complex Civil Litigation
- Corporate Compliance
- Corporate Governance
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Pennsylvania
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Professional Experience
- Partner
- Duane Morris LLP
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Education
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- J.D.
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- Harris Manchester College
- Post-Graduate Studies
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- University of Pittsburgh
- B.A.
- magna cum laude
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Professional Associations
- Pennsylvania State Bar
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- Activities: Duquesne University Law School - Adjunct Professor, 1995-2000
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- Activities: National Judicial College - Faculty, 1992-1995
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- Activities: Pennsylvania Election Reform Task Force, 2004
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- Activities: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of Attorney General - Transition Team, 1996-1997
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- Current
- Activities: American Bar Association - Council of Appellate Lawyers --- Judicial Administration Division - Appellate Practice Committee --- Section of Litigation - Appellate Advocacy Committee --- Tort & Insurance Practice Section --- Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Rules of Procedure, 1995-1997 --- Vice Chair, Special Committee on Class Actions, 1981-1985
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- Current
- Activities: Allegheny County Bar Foundation - Charter Fellow
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- Activities: American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
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- Activities: American Judicature Society - Board of Directors, 1998-2000
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- Activities: American Law Institute - Member Consultative Groups --- Federal Judicial Code Revision Project, 1997-2001 --- International Jurisdiction and Judgments Project, 1998-present --- Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure, 1998-present --- Intellectual Property: Principles Governing Jurisdiction, Choice of Law and Judgments in Transnational Disputes, 2000-present
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- Activities: Pennsylvania Bar Association - Civil Litigation Section --- Discovery Rules Committee, 1995-1996 --- Chair, 1989-1991 --- Vice Chair, 1987-1989 --- Secretary, l985-1987 --- Section Council, 1984-1985 - Amicus Curiae Brief Committee --- Chair, 2006-present --- Vice Chair, 2004-2006 --- Member, 2001-2004 - Post-Trial and Appellate Practice Committee --- Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Procedural Rules, 2004-present - House of Delegates, 1981-1996 - Section Council, Municipal Law Section, 1992-1993 - Judicial Selection & Administration Committee, 1995-1996 --- Legislative Subcommittee, 1995-1996
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- Activities: Pennsylvania Bar Institute - Treasurer, 1996-1997 - Director, 1986-1992, 1995-1996 - Chair, Publications Committee, 1988-1990 - Chair, Judicial Education and Courts Liaison Committee, 1990-1992
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- Activities: Allegheny County Bar Association - Pittsburgh Legal Journal --- Executive Committee, 1988-1994 --- Associate Editor, 1988-1994 --- Editor-In-Chief and Chairman, 1985-1987 --- Opinion Editor, 1980-1984 - Appellate Practice Committee, 1987-present
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- Activities: Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County - Chairman, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 1994-1996 - Member, 1986-1997
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- Activities: Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts - Southwest Pennsylvania Advisory Board, 1993-present
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- Activities: American Bar Foundation - Life Fellow
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- Current
- Activities: Pennsylvania Bar Foundation - Life Fellow
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