Boston College, B.A.; U.S. Army Honorable Discharge, Specialist 4th Class, 1972-1974; Legislative Research Assistant Massachusetts State Senate and House of Representatives 1974-1980; Suffolk University Law School, J.D., 1982; Assistant Clerk, Norfolk Superior Court, 1980-1984.

Admitted to practice in Massachusetts Courts, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit Member, Massachusetts and Plymouth County Bar Association.

Areas of practice include primarily civil cases in all Massachusetts State and Federal Courts including insurance defense and plaintiff's cases.