I graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell in 1982.  I attended Officer's Candidate school for the Navy and was commissioned an Ensign in the Naval Reserve in 1982.  I left active duty in 1987 as a Lieutenant to attend law school.  I graduated from the New England School of Law in 1991 and immediately opened my own practice.  In the time I have been practicing, I have handled well over a thousand cases, both civil and criminal.  Some cases have been resolved with a letter or a few telephone calls.  Many more have been resolved in court.  I have tried both civil and criminal cases in the District Court and the Superior Court.  These trials have been by jury and by bench.  I have extensive experience litigating Motions to Suppress and Motions to Dismiss, speeding tickets, operating after suspension, OUI/DWI cases, both alcohol and drugs.  I have represented clients before the Insurance Merit Rating Board concerning insurance surcharges, the Registry of Motor Vehicles over license suspensions, and at Clerk-Magistrate hearings for speeding tickets and other moving violations as well as for applications by the police for a criminal complaint.  I am admitted to the Massachusetts Bar, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts. I am a member and past President of the Greater Lowell Bar Association, the American Legion, and AMVETS.