Credentials and a half-century of service.

The Best Lawyers in America® — Corporate Law, 2023–2026.

New York Super Lawyer, repeatedly named (Corporate / Securities).

Inside Jersey / New Jersey Top-Rated Lawyers.

J.D., 1974. Research Editor, Review of Law & Social Change; published Note, The President and the Congress: Impoundment of Domestic Funds, 3 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 93 (1973). Certificate in Real Property Law, 1977.

B.A., cum laude, City University of New York, 1971. Honors in economics; departmental awards in communications; captain, intercollegiate debating team; member, national honor societies in economics and political science.

New York (1975) · New Jersey (1988) · Massachusetts (2014)

U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, and Seventh Circuits · U.S. District Courts for the S.D.N.Y., E.D.N.Y., and D.N.J. · U.S. Court of International Trade · U.S. Tax Court

Business Law Section — Section Chair (2006–2008), Secretary, Vice-Chair for Legislation, and Director. Chair, Committee on Third-Party Opinions of Counsel (1998–2006; 2008–present).

Bar-association delegate (2006–present). Co-Chair, Corporate and Alternate Entity Affinity Group — chairs panels and speaks about third-party legal-opinion matters to other senior business lawyers.

Association of Corporate Counsel (formerly American Corporate Counsel Association), Greater New York Chapter — Director, and Vice President and Secretary. Chair, Committee on Third-Party Legal Opinions; Moderator, Corporate Counsel Roundtable.

Association of the Bar of the City of New York — Commercial and Uniform State Laws Committee; Computer Law Committee (Chair, Commercial Liability Subcommittee); Task Force on the New York Limited Liability Company Act.

Business Law Section (including the Third-Party Legal Opinions Committee and venture-capital and business-financing committees) and Science & Technology Section (Computer Law Committee, from 1979).

Business Law Section; Real Estate Section (Commercial Leasing Committee); Dispute Resolution Section.

NJ Inn of Transactional Counsel — Trustee (2003–2020) and Chair, Programming Committee. Society for Corporate Governance — Corporate Practices Committee. International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

American Arbitration Association — securities-arbitration arbitrator training.

FINRA Dispute Resolution — basic arbitrator training and new-chairperson training, with programs on the prehearing stage, discovery and sanctions, and expungement.

New York State Bar Association — three-day comprehensive commercial-arbitration training for arbitrators and counsel (24.5 hours); member, Dispute Resolution Section.

Practising Law Institute — International Arbitration and Securities Arbitration programs (2023–2025), including drafting international arbitration agreements.