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Bar Admissions

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

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 Freshmen
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.