Areas of Practice

• Banking & Finance Law
• Business & Commercial Law
• Contracts
• Franchising
• Business Organizations
• Construction Law
• Criminal Law
• DUI/DWI
• Traffic Violations
• Estate Planning
• Trusts
• Wills
• Family Law
• Child Support
• Custody & Visitation
• Divorce
• Litigation & Appeals
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Products Liability Law
• Professional Malpractice Law
• Medical Malpractice
• Real Estate Law
• Eminent Domain
• Land Use & Zoning
• Landlord/Tenant
• State, Local & Municipal Law

Honors and Awards

• Member, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (Appointed by Governor Thomas Ridge), 2000
• Governor's Community Partnership for Safe Children (Appointed by Governor Thomas Ridge), 1999
• Act No. 127 of 1998; Amendments to Pa. Child Protective Services Law, 1998
• Member, Child Abuse and Neglect Work Group of the Governor's Community Partnership for Safe Children, 1998
• Member, Attorney General's Medical/Legal Board on Child Abuse, 1992
• Appointed to the Governor's Community Partnership for Safe Children, 1999
• Appointed to the Joint Stete Government Commission's Advisory Committee on Services to Children & Youth, 2000
• Outstanding Young Men of America, 1977
• Appointed Special Deputy Attorney General, Pike and Susquehanna Counties
• Selected on the Basis of Achievement in Environmental Law, Environmental Law Symposium, Washington, D.C., 1978

Classes and Seminars

• Instructor, Paralegal Courses (General Business Law, Practice & Procedure, and Real Estate), Penn State University Scranton-Worthington Campus Dunmore, PA, 1983 - 1984
• Presenter, Training of Trial Judges on Pre-Trial, Trial and Post Conv. Rel. Act. Issues Regarding the Death Penalty, A.O.P.C. - State College, 2003
• Presenter, Training of Trial Judges on Pre-Trial, Trial and Post Conv. Rel. Act. Issues Regarding the Death Penalty, A.O.P.C. - Plymouth, 2003
• Presenter, Victim Witness Training Course, P.C.C.D., 2002
• Presenter, Victim Witness Training Course, P.C.C.D., 2001
• Presenter, Basic Prosecutor's Course, Pennsylvania District Attorneys Institute School for Prosecutors, 2000
• Presenter, Victim Witness Training Course, P.C.C.D., 2000
• Presenter, Basic Prosecutor's Course, Pennsylvania District Attorneys Institute School for Prosecutors, 2000
• Presenter, Victim Witness Training Course, P.C.C.D., 2000
• Presenter, Anticipating Defenses, Advanced Child Abuse Investigation Course York PA, 1998
• Presenter, Megan's Law Update, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Mechanicsburg, PA, 1998
• Presenter, Rules of Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law Update Course, Lancaster, PA, 1998
• Presenter, Megan's Law Update, PA Bar Institute - Criminal Law Symposium Harrisburg, PA, 1998
• Presenter, Criminal Law & Legal Procedure Relating to Child Abuse, Basic Child Abuse Investigation Course, Reading, PA, 1998
• Presenter, Criminal Law & Legal Procedure Relating to Child Abuse, Basic Child Abuse Investigation Course, Harrisburg, PA, 1997
• Presenter, Rules of Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law Update Course, White Haven, PA, 1997
• Presenter, Victim/Witness Assistance, Basic Prosecutor's Course, Carlisle, PA, 1997
• Presenter, Megan's Law: Implementation & Litigation Issues, Criminal Law Update Course, Glen Mills, PA, 1997
• Presenter, Rules of Criminal Procedure, P.D.A.A. Mid-Winter Mtg. General Session Pittsburgh, PA, 1997
• Presenter, Criminal Law and Legal Procedure Relating to Child Abuse, Basic Child Abuse Investigation Course Altoona, PA, 1996
• Presenter, Victim/Witness Relations & Issues, Newly Elected District Attorneys Seminar, Philadelphia, PA, 1996
• Presenter, Opening Statements and Preparation of Witnesses, Trial Advocacy Workshop, Johnstown, PA, 1994
• Presenter, Criminal Law and Legal Procedure, Relating to Child Abuse
• Presenter, Basic Child Abuse Investigation Course, Scranton, PA
• Presenter, Opening Statements and Preparation of Witnesses, Trial Advocacy Workshop York, PA, 1994
• Presenter, How to Win Your Case Without Witnesses:Opening, Closing, and Finding a Theme, Trial Tactics and Strategies in Child Abuse Cases, Harrisburg, PA, 1993

Representative Cases

• Commonwealth v. Conforti, 533 Pa. 530, 626 A.2d 129 (Trial and Appellate Counsel 1993)

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Franchising, Business Organizations, Construction Law, Criminal Law, DUI/DWI, Traffic Violations, Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills, Family Law, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law, Medical Malpractice, Real Estate Law, Eminent Domain, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, State, Local & Municipal Law