Immediately after he was graduated from Columbia University School of Law, he was an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of New Jersey. He subsequently entered private practice, and for almost 20 years, was the managing partner of the Princeton, NJ office of a large international law firm. His academic experience included serving as an Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Community Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry — Rutgers University Medical School, and Adjunct Instructor at Seton Hall University School of Law.