“Success With Summary Judgment Motions” – Pennsylvania Bar Institute Seminar with panelists including Honorable Judith Olson of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, December 21, 2017.
“Litigating Tractor Trailer Accidents” seminar faculty speaking on Discovery, ESI, Trial Tactics, Ethical Considerations and Satellite Tracking and Messaging, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, June 2, 2011.
“Civil Division Sound-Off and Debate on Hot Topics in the Law” – Established debate format for seminar and prepared and moderated seminar in 2010 with panelists including Hon. Eugene B. Strassburger, III of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County and Hon. Sean McLaughlin of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Prepared and moderated 2011 seminar for panelists including Hon. Ronald W. Folino of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County and Chief Magistrate Judge Lisa Pupo Lenihan of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Established annual “Breakfast with the Judges – Legal Ethics on Film” ethics seminar at the Allegheny County Bar Association Bench-Bar Conference in 2002.
Chair or Co-Chair of Breakfast with the Judges Committee and prepared film clips and legal analysis for the judges for this seminar 2002-2006. Moderated 2002 and 2006 seminars. Panelists have included Hon. Ralph Cappy, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; Hon. Max Baer and Hon. J. Michael Eakin of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; Hon. D. Brooks Smith and Hon. D. Michael Fisher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; Hon. John Musmanno, Hon. Debra Todd, and Hon. Maureen Lally-Green of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania; Hon. Joy Flowers Conti and Hon. Thomas Hardiman of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania; and Hon. R. Stanton Wettick, Jr., Hon. Timothy Patrick O’Reilly, Hon. Gene B. Strassburger, III and Hon. Joseph James of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County.
- “Civil Rights Litigation Under §1981 and the Fair Housing Act”, 18(3) The Advocate, Spring 2006.
- “Beware the Subrogation Swindle,” 9(5) The Advocate, May/June 1997.
- “Lessons from Tinseltown” trial tactics seminar panelist, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, February 24, 2006.
- “Evaluating Your Case – Plaintiff’s Perspective,” presented to the Young Lawyers Section of the Allegheny County Bar Association, December 15, 1995.
- “Legal Issues in Toxic Mold Exposure and Remediation”, Indoor Air Quality Training Institute, April 17, 2002
- “Pleading and Proving Excess Special Damages,” 8(2) The Advocate, Nov/Dec 1995.
- “Is it Malpractice Not to Surf?” 12(5) The Advocate, May/June 2000.
- “Hospitals and Cigarette Smoking,” 75 Bulletin of the Allegheny County Medical Society, 1986.
