60+criminal jury trials in state and federal courts as well as appeals in the state and federal courts (1986 to present)

Member, Federal Criminal Justice Act Panel, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Cir. (2003-present)

Member, Federal Criminal Justice Act Panel, E.D.PA (1998-2001)

Municipal Prosecutor, City of Plainfield (2001-2005)

Public Defender, Hillsborough Township (2000-Present)

Public Defender, Raritan Borough (2000-Present)

Public Defender, Franklin Township (1996-1998)

Public Defender, Millstone Borough (1998)

Counsel to the Somerset County Regular Democratic Organization (1996 to 1999)

Attorney, Veterans Administration (1979 to 1986)

BV Rated: Martindale-Hubbell

Certified in 1996 by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Criminal Trial Attorney
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State v. Rivera, 175 N.J. 612 (2003)

U.S. v. Akande, 200 F. 3d 136 (3^rd Cir, 1999)

Moore v. Moore, 114 N.J. 147 (1989)

State v. Wormley, 305 N.J. Super. 57 (App. Div, 1997)

State in the Int. of C.S., 245 N.J. Super. 46 (App.Div., 1990)

Poole v. Janeski, 159 N.J. Super. 83 (Law Div., 1992)

New Jersey (1978)

New York (1979)

Pennsylvania (2000)

United States District Court, District of New Jersey (1979)

Southern District of New York (1985)

Eastern District of New York (1985)

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit (1991)

Second Circuit (1997)

J.D., University of Tulsa College of Law 1978

LL.M. Trial Advocacy, Temple University School of Law, 1999
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B.A., Psychology, Colorado College, 1974

Skills and Methods - New Jersey Criminal Trial Preparation, N.J. - Institute for Continuing Legal Education - March 24, 1999, March 22, 2001, March 21, 2002, May 29, 2003, and April 8, 2004, April 7, 2005

Criminal Trial Preparation, N.J. Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Skills and Methods, March 24, 1999

Strategies in Handling New Jersey DWI Cases, Lorman Education Services, at New Providence. NJ-October 2, 1998

Democratic Candidate for State Senate-District 16 (1997)

Democratic Candidate for State Assembly-District 16 (1995)

Federal Criminal Practice, Union County Bar Association Journal (1992)

Parent- Child Tort Immunity in Oklahoma: Considerations for Abandoning the Total Immunity Shield, 12 Tulsa Law Journal 545 (1978)