A graduate of the Syracuse University College of Law, his experience ranges from civil and criminal trials and appeals work in all major court levels in New York State, to federal district and appeals Courts. He is admitted to practice law in all the courts of the State of New York, the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit of New York, and the Supreme Court of the United States.