Admitted: 1985, Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1991, New Mexico; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico; 2001, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Law School: University of Pennsylvania, J.D.
Member: American Bar Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Albuquerque Bar Association.
Biography: Order of the Coif. Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1982-1984. Recipient, Leebron Constitutional Law Prize. Benjamin Franklin Scholar. Author, "Coercion, Blackmail and the Limits of Protected Speech," 131 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1469 (1983). Law Clerk to the Honorable Collins J. Seitz, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1984-1985. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1985-1987. Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, 1988-1992. Granted DOJ Top Secret and DOE Q clearances, 2000 (for U.S. v. Wen Ho Lee defense). Best Lawyers in America. Southwest Super Lawyers.
Born: Scranton, Pennsylvania, March 31, 1959