Admitted: 1981, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1987, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia and Sixth Circuits; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, U.S. Tax Court
Law School: University of Michigan, J.D., cum laude, 1981
College: College of Business Administration, Fordham University, B.S., summa cum laude, in Marketing, 1978
Member: State Bar of Michigan (Constitutional Law Committee, 1986-1993).
Biography: Beta Gamma Sigma. Recipient: Thomas M. Cooley Distinguished Brief Award, 1999; American Jurisprudence Book Award in Contracts. Co-Author: "Eminent Domain: The Constitutionality of Condemnation Quick-Take Statutes," University of Detroit Journal of Urban Law, Vol. 60:1, Fall, 1982; "Just Compensation and the Framers' Intent: A Constitutional Approach to Road Construction Damages in Partial Taking Cases," University of Detroit, Mercy Law Review, Vol. 77:2, Winter, 2000; "Just and Unjust Compensation: The Future of the Navigational Servitude in Condemnation Cases," University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Vol. 34:4, Summer, 2001. Law Clerk to the Hon. Richard M. Maher, Michigan Court of Appeals, 1981-1982. Mediator, Wayne County Mediation Tribunal, 1990.
Born: Jerusalem, Israel, July 5, 1954
Cases: Co-Counsel for Petitioner, Bennis v. Michigan, 516 U.S. 442 (1996).