Areas of Practice

• Workers' Compensation

Litigation Percentage

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1978
• U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 1978

Education

• Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1977
  J.D.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  
  
• Boston College, Boston, MA, USA, 1974
  A.B.
  Honors: Magna Cum Laude
  Major: English
  Major: History
  
  

Published Works

• New York Workers' Compensation Handbook, Matthew Bender, 2001 - Present

Honors and Awards

• Best Lawyers in America in Worker's Compensation Field, 1995 - Present

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Workers' Compensation Board Administrative Practice and Procedures Committee, 1984 - 1987
  Buffalo District Chairman
  
  
• Administrative Practice and Procedures Comm., Rochester District
  Member
  
  
• NY State Bar Association, Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law Division, 1979 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Monroe County Bar Association, 1987 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Erie County Bar Association, 1978 - 1988
  Member
  
  
• National Council of Self-Insurer's, 2000 - Present
  Associate Member
  
  
• NY Self-Insurer's Association, 1982 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Rochester Claims Association, 1992 - Present
  Member
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber, Partner, 1977 - 1991