Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Woodward White) since 1998; Selected by Best Lawyers in America as # 1 Criminal Lawyer in Philadelphia for general criminal law in years 2011, 2013 and 2018; included in Super Lawyers In Pa. since its inception; Philadelphia DA's office 1972-1976; served there for 3 of those years as the lead homicide prosecutor in 75 cases, all resulting in convictions; 1976-present continuously engaged as a criminal defense lawyer in federal and state court; served on Senator Arlen Specter's Federal District Court Judicial Nominating Commission from 2000-2009; Appointed by the Pa. Supreme Court to serve on the Pennsylvania Criminal Rules committee in 2005; won the largest wrongful prosecution verdict in Pa. history in Neil Ferber v. City of Phila. ($4.5 million verdict); for many endorsements and lawyer tributes Google Dennis Cogan, Philadelphia lawyer.