Expertise
Constitutional Law; Trial Advocacy; Case Management; Judicial Philosophy
Background
Current Positions
Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Past Positions
Judge, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas; Adjunct Professor, Duquesne University School of Law; Attorney-in-Charge, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of Attorney General; Instructor, Widener University Law School; Planner & Lecturer on Case Management & Administration in China-Shanghai, Wuhan and Beijing, National Committee on US-China Relations; Planner & Lecturer in Judicial Education United States/Africa Judicial Exchange Program, Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania; Fulbright Scholarship Lecturer, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Education
J.D. Duquesne University School of Law, 1980; M.A. Pennsylvania State University, 1974; B.A. Pennsylvania State University, 1966