AAML Certified Arbitrator
Yes
Professional Title
Partner
University/Year/Degree
Fairfield University/1982/BA
Law School/Year/Degree
Univ. of Bridgeport (now Quinnipiac Univ.)/1985/JD
State/Year Admitted to Practice
Ct/1985
Awards & Accolades
AV rated by his peers in Martindale-Hubbell.
Listed in Connecticut Super Lawyers, 2006 – present.
Serves as a Special Master in matters pending before the Regional Family Trial Docket in Middletown, as well as in the Judicial Districts of Stamford/Norwalk and Fairfield at Bridgeport.
Appointed by the court to serve as a Guardian ad Litem and as an Attorney for Minor Children.
AAML National Positions Held.:
Arbitration Committee; Professionalism Committee; Collaborative Law Committee
AAML Chapter Positions Held:
Board of Managers, 2019-Present Treasurer, 2020-2021 Secretary, 2021-Present
Counties Served:
Connecticut, Fairfield, Connecticut, New Haven
CLE Presentations:
Annual Survey of Recent Developments in Connecticut Family Law, CBA Annual Meeting, Lectured Annually from 2000 - 2008; Post-Judgment Pitfalls to Avoid, Fairfield County Collaborative Lawyers, February 3, 2010; Raising the Bar: A Bench-Bar Symposium on Professionalism in the Judicial District of Stamford-Norwalk, CBA and State of Connecticut Judicial Department,November 5, 2010; GAL Reform: What You Need to Know, Fairfield County Bar Association, October 15, 2014; Anatomy of a Trial, Ethical Considerations, AAML Connecticut Chapter, April 27, 2018.
Offices held in Legal and Professional Organizations:
Connecticut Bar Association, Family Law Section
Executive Committee Member, 1993 – 2012
Treasurer, 2000 – 2001
Secretary, 2001 – 2002
Continuing Legal Education Chair, 2002 – 2003
Vice Chair, 2003 – 2004
Chair, 2004 – 2005;
Connecticut Bar Association, Lower Fairfield County Young Lawyers Section
Vice Chairman, 1988 -1989;
Fairfield County Bar Association (formerly the Stamford/Norwalk Regional Bar Association)
Executive Committee Member, 1990 – 1994
Chairman, Law Day Committee, 1990
Member, Family Law Committee, 1985 – Present.
