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Web Site:
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Bar Admissions: 1991, New Jersey State and Federal Courts.

Areas of Concentration:  New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law (MLUL) and Appeals. Internet Law.  Litigation involving digital discovery rules and forensic computing. State and Local Government Relations.  Election Law.

Education: JD, Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, New York, 1991; BA, Political Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, (Distinguished Military Graduate, Class of 1981).

Previous Appointments and Offices:   New Jersey State Assemblyman, 210th Legislative Session, (Vice Chairman, Military and Veterans' Affairs and member, Regulated Professions and Independent Authorities Committees); Former Deputy Mayor and Council Member, Borough of Fair Lawn, New Jersey;  Special Counsel to the Planning Boards of Harrison, Lincoln Park, Morris Township, and Mountain Lakes;  Special Counsel to the Borough Council of Demarest, New Jersey, for Telecommunications Tower Hearings and Ordinance;  Fair Lawn Planning Board member and Americans with Disabilities Act Council Advisory Committee;  Trustee and Legal Counsel, Fair Lawn Amateur Radio Club;  and Secretary of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, Capitol Area Chapter; US Military Academy Selection Board member for Senator Jon Corzine.

Previous E-Commerce and Technology Experience: Former Senior Technology Consultant for Computer Horizons Corp.’s E-Business Solutions Group; Information Technology Consultant for several major professional services firms; Telecommunications and  Data Systems Analyst for the Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute (IITRI) and the Department of Defense Electromagnetic Compatibility Analysis Center;  defense contractor's Computer Security Manager;  Telecommunications and Electronic Warfare Officer in the US Army 82nd Airborne Division; legal and technical expert in telecommunication matters concerning personal wireless services network design and radio frequency management issues.

Previous Legal Employment:   Computer Horizons Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey; Burns & Schaffer P.C., Florham Park, NJ;  Law Clerk, Essex County Prosecutor's Office, Newark, NJ;  Legal Intern, Community Legal Assistance Corp., Constitutional Law Clinic, Hempstead, New York;  Adjunct Professor - Business Law and office technology courses, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ; Instructor, Computer Assisted Legal Research, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company, New York, New York.

Military Service:  Captain, Regular Army, Signal Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1981 - 1985.  National Guard and Reserve service through 1992.