Received B.A. from Hiram College; J.D. from Widener University School of Law (1978). American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Pennsylvania Chapter, Fellow since 1992 and Member, Board of Examiners. Member: American Bar Association, Family Law Section; Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section; Luzerne County Bar Association, Chairman, Family Law Committee. Served on Pennsylvania Bar Association Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility. Solicitor for Children Service Center of Wyoming Valley. Family law lecturer for Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Luzerne County Bar Association. Listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.