Admitted
1981, Pennsylvania
Law School
Delaware Law School of Widener University, J.D., 1981
Law School Graduation Year
1981
College
Clarion State University, B.A., 1974; The Pennsylvania State University, M.Pssc., 1976-1978
Memberships
Philadelphia, Delaware County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Pennsylvania Defense Institute (Member, Professional Liability Committee); Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Author: No Social Host Liability for 'Minors', Defense Digest, Summer 1992; 'After Hours' Service of Alcohol Not a Basis for Liability Under PA Dram Shop Act, Defense Digest, 1995-10; Direct vs. Circumstantial Evidence of Visible Intoxication in Dram Shop Case - Kelly Hotel Continues the Trend, Defense Digest, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1999-06; Contributory Negligence as a Defense in Dram Shop Case Involving an Adult, The Legal Intelligencer, 1999-06-14; Direct v. Circumstantial Evidence of Viable Intoxication, Pennsylvania Law Weekly, 1999-07-19; Recent Dram Shop Case Developments, Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, 1999-07. Co-Author: Gemberling and Fine, The Dram Shop Act in Pennsylvania: Strategies for the Defense, American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, Vol. 13, No. 3, 1992; Gemberling and Fine, Estate of Boudwin v. Dino's Lounge, et al.: A Dram Shop Act Case, American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, Vol. 15, No. 3, 1994.