Admitted: 1974, New Hampshire and U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, New York
Law School: Syracuse University, J.D.
Member: New Hampshire (President, 1988-1989; Chair, Special Committee to Redraft Rules of Professional Conduct, 1982-1986, 1991-1992) and American (House of Delegates, 1993-2006, 2008-2011; Chair: Credentials and Admissions Committee, 2000-2002, 2004-2006; Technology and Communications Committee, 2002-2004; Member, 2001-2004 and Chair, 2005-2006, Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary; Chair, Presidential Appointments Committee, 2004-2005; Member, Board of Governors, 2008-2011) Bar Associations; New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1977); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Board of Governors, 1980-1986).
Biography: Member, Board of Editors, Syracuse Law Review. Recipient, New Hampshire Bar Association President's Distinguished Service Award, 1986 and 1994. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America; New England Super Lawyers; Who's Who in America; Who's Who in the World. Member: Portsmouth City Council, 1978-1981; New Hampshire Board of Bar Examiners, 1997-2000; Board of Trustees, UNH School of Law, 2011. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; New Hampshire Bar Foundation; International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Born: Boston, Massachusetts, May 27, 1949
Cases: Counsel in over 25 reported cases, including: New Hampshire Bar Association in Keller v. State Bar of California, 496 U.S. 1 (1990); Counsel for Petition of Tocci, 624 A.2d 548 (NH 1993), upholding unified bar status; and Counsel for New Hampshire Supreme Court Associate Justice, New Hampshire House of Representatives Impeachment Investigation, 2000.