We Will Defend And Protect Your Rights
Practice Areas
- Criminal Law Practice
- Civil Rights Actions
Education
- Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware
- J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
- Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania
- B.S., Bachelor of Science - 1972
Professional Associations
- Federal Bar Association, Member
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member
- American Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Member
- Pennsylvania Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Member
- Delaware County Bar Association, Member
- Who’s Who In American Law, Member
Notable Cases
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. John DuPont
- Co-counsel with F. Lee Bailey and Alan Dershowitz
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Ricky Jackson
- Reverse of murder conviction/life sentence
- Case drew national publicity
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Beatty Chadwick
- Freed a lawyer who served 14 years in prison for contempt – the longest of any person in U.S. history
- Case drew national publicity
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 1977
- U.S. Federal Court, 1984
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1984
Classes & Seminars
- Justice in the Criminal Justice System, Manor College
- Justice in the Criminal Justice System, Immaculata University
- Forgiveness and justice in the criminal justice system, Immaculata University
Honors
- Top Lawyers, Philadelphia Magazine
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyer
- Top 5% of Lawyers in the State
- NAACP Robert C. Wright Freedom Award
- Delaware County Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Award
- Voted Best Criminal Lawyers 2021 by the Delaware County Daily Times
