Bar Associations

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers                     Member 1989- Present

New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers         Sustaining Member.  1988- Present

New York State Defenders Association                                        1988- present

New York Criminal Bar Association                                              1990-1997

New York County Lawyers Association                                        1988-1997

Bronx County Bar Association                                                       1980-1988

                                                    Diplomate

Trial Practice Institute, National Criminal Defense College,         Mercer Law School  1991

Post Graduate tactical and trial training with noted criminal defense attorneys from throughout the United States.  Admission by peer  professional screening committee.

Capital Defense Training Institute, Office of the Capital Defender,     New York.   1999

New York State Qualified for appointment as counsel in Capital Murder and Death Penalty cases.