Experience

Rating: 10.0 (Superb)

Honors

2014

Corporate Counsel 100 United States Rising Star, Legal 500

2013

Top Assistant General Counsel, First Chair

2013

Corporate Counsel Award Winner, Philadelphia Business Journal

2012

AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

2006

Fellow of the Academy of Advocacy, Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law

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Work Experience

1999 - 2009

Partner, Dechert LLP

1998 - 1999

Clerk, Honorable Herbert J. Hutton

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Associations

2013 - Present

Philadelphia Bar Association

Co-Chair, In House Committee

2011 - Present

Philadelphia Bar Foundation

Board of Trustees

2006 - Present

Villanova Inn of Court

Barrister

2004 - 2009

Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent (VIP)

Board of Directors

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Education

1998

Villanova University School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1995

Dickinson College

BA - Bachelor of Arts

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Speaking Engagements

2015

DRI Trial Tactics Complex Litigation: Mock Daubert Hearing

2015

7th Annual ACC Conference - Philadelphia Can You Get Insurance Coverage for False Claims Act

2014

Association of Corporate Counsel Litigation Institute Pennsylvania Supreme Court Year in Review

2013

Philadelphia Bar Association The Changing Parameters of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession

2013

Philadelphia Bar Association Drafting ADR Clauses

2013

Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress and Best Practices Forum Handling Parallel Criminal, Civil and Administrative Investigations

2013

Pennsylvania Bar Institute Between a Rock and a Hard Place: How to Avoid Conflicts of Interest

2013

Drug and Medical Device Litigation Conference A Good Offense is the Best Defense: Effective Use of Social Media in Products Liability Defense

2012

Third Annual Pharmaceutical Labeling Conference Pliva v. Mensing Redux?

2012

2nd Annual Life Sciences Compliance, Legal and Regulatory Congress Strategies for Early Case Assessment and Dispute Resolution

2011

Sixth Annual Judicial Symposium on Civil Justice Issues Developments in Products Litigation: Generic Drug Litigation

2011

CPR Panel Early Case Assessment: How Corporations Decide Which Dispute Resolution Mechanism Is Right for Them

2011

16th Annual ACI Drug and Medical Device Conference Navigating Unclear Disclosure Obligations for Life Sciences Companies and Counsel

2010

EDisocvery for Pharma Recreating the eDiscovery Request Process: Defining In-house eDiscovery Roles

2010

EDiscovery for Pharma From FDCA To FCPA: Flexible eDiscovery Strategies And Tactics In A Changing Regulatory Environment

2010

CLE Presentation

Current Issues on the Attorney-Client Privilege and Discovery Issues from the Perspective of Corporate and Outside Counsel

2010

Annual Drug and Medical Device Litigation Forum

Mass Torts/MDLs

2004

Eat, Drink, and Be Litigious

Food Litigation

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Publications

2012

New York Law Journal A New Era of Partnership

2005

Washington Legal Foundation publication Court Endorses Tort Defenses in Diet Drug Litigation

2004

ABA Mass Torts Litigation, Vol. I, No. 3 Spam, Junk Faxes, and Class Action: Perfect Together?

2003

National Law Journal, A33 America and England May Be New Meccas for Suits

2003

For the Defense, Defense Research Institute Magazine, at 41-44, 67 Litigation Against Product Trade Groups and Associations

2003

Rx for the Defense, Defense Research Institute Newsletter Prescription for Crashes:" Are Drugs and Driving Accidents the Next Wave of Litigation Against Pharmaceutical

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Languages

English

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