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). Sullivan & Cromwell (summer 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, for U.S. v. Wen Ho Lee defense (2000). Best Lawyers in America. Southwest Super Lawyers.
Born: Scranton, Pennsylvania, March 31, 1959