Admissions
- New York, 1983
- US District Court: Southern District of New York, 1986
- US District Court: Eastern District of New York, 1986
- US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1986
- US Tax Court, 1989
- US Supreme Court, 2010
Education
- Albany Law School, JD, honoris causa
- Albany Law School, JD, magna cum laude, Editor-in-Chief Albany Law Review
- Harvard University, BA, cum laude
Languages
- English
Memberships
- New York State Bar Association, Past President; Nominating Committee, Past Chair; Crypto Task Force, Senior Advisor; House of Delegates, Life member, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, Past Chair, ADR Committee, Past Chair; Securities Litigation Committee, Past Chair
- American Bar Association, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, Past Chair; Committee on ADR, Past Chair; Securities Litigation Committee, Past Chair; House of Delegates; Past Chair, Executive Committee; Mid-Atlantic Bar Conference, Past Chair; House of Delegates; Past Chair, Executive Committee; Mid-Atlantic Bar Conference, Past Chair; Innovation Center; ABA International Trade in Legal Services Committee, Past Chair; ABA International Mediation Committee, Past Chair
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Committee on Arbitration, Past Member; Task Force on Civil Courts, Past Secretary)
- Historical Society of the New York State Courts, Past Chair and Trustee emeritus
- Governor's Judicial Screening Committee, First Department, Past Member
- Chief Judge's Commercial Division Advisory Council, Member
- Task Force on Commercial Litigation in the 21st Century; Chief Judge's Advisory Committee on New York State Pro Bono Bar Admission Requirements
- United States District Court, Southern District of New York
- Eastern District of New York, Mediator; Advisory Board, Financial Markets Regulatory Institute
- Board of Directors, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution (Past Chair, Executive Advisory Committee)
- Fund for Modern Courts, Executive Committee Member
- New York International Arbitration Center, Founding Board Member
- Advisory Council, Brooklyn Legal Services
- Congress of Fellows, Center for International Legal Studies
- New York Bar Foundation (Fellow)
- The American Bar Foundation (Fellow)
- Albany Law School, Trustee Emeritus
- National Alumni Council, Albany
- Founding Board Member, Latino Judges Association Foundation
Withers History
- Joined 2024