Graduated from University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1995

Assistant District Attorney with the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office 1996 - 2002

While a prosecutor, helped found the District Attorney's Domestic Violence Unit

Prosecuted violent felonies including Criminal Homicid

Private practice specializing in criminal defense since 2003

Member of NORML's Legal Committee

Member of Allegheny County Bar Accociation

Member of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania as well as in the United States District Court for the Western District of PA, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States Supreme Court

Practice includes all areas of criminal defense - preliminary hearings and pre-trial matters, trial, post-trial and post-sentencing, appellate and post-conviction litigation

Practice includes criminal defense in both state and federal court

Practice includes representation for violent felonies, including criminal homicide, rape, robbery, attempted homicide, aggravated assault, etc.
Relative to drugs, practice includes representation of clients in major drug conspiracies in federal court as well as first time offenders charged with simple possession