PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
ENTERED ON DUTY
Part-Time: July 29, 2008
Full-Time: June 8, 2017
* 1994 to 2017 Private Law Practice
State College, PA
* 1986 – 1994 Counsel, Judicial Conduct Board, and former J.I.R.B.
Harrisburg, PA
* 1985 – 1986 Private Law Practice
Plymouth Meeting, PA
* 1981 – 1985 Deputy Attorney General
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, PA
* 1980 – 1981 Chief Public Defender
Erie County, Erie, PA
* 1979 – 1980 Associate - Insurance Defense Practice
Knox Graham McGlaughlin Gornall & Sennett
Erie, PA
* 1974 – 1979 Assistant Public Defender & Assistant Prosecutor
Portage & Summit Counties, Ohio
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
* Federal Magistrate Judges Association
* Pennsylvania Bar Association
* Director, Pa Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, Inc.
* Lycoming County Bar Association
* Past President, Wilkinson-Campbell Inn of Court
EDUCATION
* 1974 Akron University School of Law - Juris Doctorate
Member, Law Review and 6th Circuit Moot Court Team
* 1971 Grove City College - Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
Graduated with honors, Class President, Team Captain, and three time
NCAA All-American in swimming, Air Force ROTC.
* 1967 Strong Vincent High School, Erie, PA.
MILITARY
* 1971 – 1985 United States Air Force Reserve
Captain, J.A.G.