• Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

  Judge

  1985 – 2002 · 17 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

• District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

  Judge

  1982 – 1985 · 3 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

Career

• Faculty

  Duquesne University School of Law

  1987 – 1994 · 7 yrs

• adjunct professor of law

  1987 – 1994 · 7 yrs

• Special assistant to the attorney general

  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

  1974 – 1979 · 5 yrs

• Faculty

  Duquesne University School of Law

  1974 – 1983 · 9 yrs

• associate professor of law

  1974 – 1983 · 9 yrs

• Private practice

  1973 – 1979 · 6 yrs

• Assistant district attorney

  1968 – 1972 · 4 yrs

• Law clerk, Hon. Ralph H. Smith

  Jr., Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County Pennsylvania

  1967 – 1968 · 1 yr

Education