:: Admissions ::
State of New York, Second Department, December 2, 1992.
State of New Jersey, February 8, 1993.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, December 11, 1992.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, December 29, 1992.
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, October 1, 1993.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, March 1, 1999.
Supreme Court of the United States of America, May 12, 1997.


:: Education ::
Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, B.A. History 1989.
New York Law School, New York, New York, J.D. 1992.
Recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Conflict of Laws, 1992.

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