- Presented Oral Argument before the United States Supreme Court in a Major Federal Criminal Sentencing Case (1996)
- Masters of Law in Taxation, New York University School of Law (1989)
- Honored as a Special Student in International Legal Studies, Harvard Law School Graduate Program (1979)
- Member, United States Sentencing Commission, Practitioners Advisory Group, (1995 - 2009)
- Senior Law Clerk for Hon. Dickinson R. Debevoise, United States District of New Jersey, (1979-1980)
- Law Intern, Honorable Henry R. Bramwell, Eastern District of New York, (1978)
- Certified Criminal Trial Attorney, New Jersey Supreme Court, Board of Trial Attorney Certification
- Instructor, Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College, (2001 - 2006)
- Selected to Renaissance Weekend, Charleston, South Carolina (2012)
Bar Admissions:
- Supreme Court of The United States of America
- Court of Appeals of the State of New York (New York State Bar)
- Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Bar)
- Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey (New Jersey State Bar)
- United States Tax Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Western District of New York
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Western District of Texas