Legal Services From A Certified Workers’ Compensation Specialist
Practice Areas
- Workers' Compensation
- Veteran's Benefits
Education
- The Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
- J.D. - 1989
- Pennsylvania State University
- B.S. - 1986
- Honors: Pennsylvania State University Supreme Court, 1985, 1986
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 1989
- U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 1989
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- New York, 2010
- U.S. District Court Western District of New York
Published Works
- "The Mujahidin Middleman: Pakistan's Role in the Afghan Crisis and the International Rule of Non-Intervention", Dickinson Journal of International Law, Vol. 6, No. 3, Spring, 1988
Fraternities Or Sororities
- Delta Theta Phi
Professional Associations
- Erie County Bar Association, Member, Present
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member, Present
- Lake Erie Claims Association, Member, Present
- Erie County Bar Association, Workers Compensation Section, Past Chairman
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers Compensation Section, President and Executive Council Member, Present
- Pennsylvania Self Insureds Association, Present
- Pennsylvania Defense Institute, Present
- PA WCAIS Attorney Focus Group, Member, Present
- PA Workers' Compensation Bench Bar Panel on Practice and Procedure, Present
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section, Past Chair, Serving as Executive Committee Chair for Statewide Section of 1000 members
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section, Committee Member, Bench-Bar Think Tank
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section, Committee Chair, Executive Nomination Committee
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section, Past Committee Member, Centennial Anniversary of W.C. Act Committee (Treasurer)
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section, Past Committee Member/chair – Fall Section Meeting Committee
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section, Past Committee Member – Workers' Compensation Liaison Committee
Certified Legal Specialties
- Certified as Workers' Compensation Law Specialist, Pennsylvania Bar Association
Honors
- The Best Lawyers in America® (Workers' Compensation Law - Employers)
- Included in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers®
- AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated
Classes & Seminars
- Bench-Bar Workers' Compensation Seminar, Hershey, PA April, 2017
- PBA Fall Section Meeting, Hershey, PA, November, 2016
- SEAL National Workers' Compensation Symposium, Cape Cod, MA, June, 2016
- PBA Centennial Workers' Compensation Gala/Dinner, Hershey, PA, May, 2015
- PBA Centennial Ethics Forum, Erie, PA, January, 2015
- State Workers Insurance Fund, February 2014
- PA Careerlink of Lawrence County, February 2014
- Annual Workers' Compensation Bureau Conference in Hershey, (multiple including 2017)
- Knox Firm's Workplace Law Forum, November 2013
- Knox Firm's Litigation Law Symposium, multiple
- Workers' Compensation Update, Society of Healthcare Human Resource Professionals of Pennsylvania, 2012
- Managing Workers' Compensation Claims, Keystone Community Education Council, 2012
- Multiple seminars for clients in-house, as well as for industry groups, manufacturing associations and civic groups
Pro-Bono Activities
- United Way, Program Review Committee, Allocation Panel, Present
- Kids' Chance of Pennsylvania, Board of Directors, Present
- Dickinson School of Law, Class Agent, Present