Areas of Practice

• Workers' Compensation

Litigation Percentage

• 85% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1996

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1995
  LL.M. in Labor and Employment Law
  
  
• Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan, 1994
  J.D.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  Honors: Senator, Student Bar Association of Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 1992-1993
  Law Review: Thomas M. Cooley Law Review, Associate Editor, 1993 - 1994
  
  
• University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA, 1990
  B.A.
  Major: Political Science
  
  

Published Works

• United States v. Wake: Fifth Circuit Hands Down Hard-Line Intent Requirement in School Yard Statute, 10 Cooley L.Rev. 443, 1993

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Instructor, N.Y.S. Hunter Safety Course and Federal Duck Identification, N.Y.S. Department of Environmental Conservation, 1991 - Present
• Speaker, Newly Enacted Workers' Compensation Law Section 137, Independent Medical Examination Statute and Workers' Compensation Case Law Update, Erie County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Program, 2001

Honors and Awards

• American Jurisprudence Awards Received for Advocacy and Labor Law, 1993
• Book Award Received for Gun Control Seminar, 1994

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Erie County Bar Association, 1996 - Present
  Member
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Michigan Tax Tribunal, Judge Norman D. Shinkle, Law Clerk, 1992 - 1993