Background

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2009
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2010

EDUCATION

DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
Juris Doctorate, Magna Cum Laude, June 2009

• Duquesne Law Review, Staff Member, 2007-2008; Senior
  Staff Member and Associate Comment Editor, 2008-2009
• Juris Legal News Magazine, Associate Editor, 2008-2009
• CALI Award for Excellence in Legal Research and Writing
• CALI Award for Excellence in Professional Responsibility
• Phi Alpha Delta International Law Fraternity

DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY / DONAHUE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Masters of Business Administration, August 2015

UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON
Bachelor of Science in Political Science and History,Magna Cum Laude, May 2005

• Alpha Lambda Delta, National Honor Society for Freshman
• Phi Alpha Theta, National Honor Society in History
• Pi Gamma Mu, International Honor Society in Social Sciences
• Pi Sigma Alpha, National Honor Society in Political Science
• Special Jesuit Liberal Arts Program
• National Dean’s List
• Collegiate All-American Scholar
• Dean’s Scholarship
• Presidential Honors
• Pre-Law Society

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

DUQUESNE LAW REVIEW

• Associate Comment Editor, Volume 47, 2008-2009

JURIS LEGAL NEWS MAGAZINE

• Associate Editor, Spring 2009 Publication
• Associate Editor, Summer 2009 Publication (40th Anniversary Edition)

2010 FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA REGION 16 LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP

• Guest Speaker, “A Career in Law,” November 16, 2010, Wyoming Valley West High School, Plymouth, PA

LITIGATING THE UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED MOTORIST CLAIM
National Business Institute
December 17, 2010, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Scranton, PA

• Drafted CLE seminar materials relating to certain reductions and offsets in the context of litigating the UM/UIM claim, including issues relating to the following: (1) collateral source rule; (2) direct indemnity for medical expense and for basic reparations benefits; (3) damages paid by or on behalf of party responsible for the injury; (4) damages paid under the policy in settlement of a liability claim; (5) damages paid under disability benefit law; and (6) workers’ compensation issues.

PENNSYLVANIA DEFENSE INSTITUTE

• Co-authored the September 2011 Medical Malpractice Case Update.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• Duquesne Law Alumni Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Lackawanna County Bar Association
• Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association
• University of Scranton Alumni Club, Northeastern Pennsylvania
• 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 Lackawanna County Pro Bono Annual Golf Tournament, Committee member
• Phi Alpha Delta, International Law Fraternity
• The Greek Catholic Union, fraternal member
• St. Paul of the Cross Parish, parishioner