[5] He received his Bachelor of Science in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (1970),[5] where he was a member of the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor fraternity.
[4] He was a trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division – Honors Program, 1965–66, and a teaching fellow at Harvard Law School from 1966 to 1967.
[4] He is a prolific scholar who served as co-reporter for the American Law Institute’s Restatement of Torts Third: Products Liability, receiving the prestigious designation of "R. Ammi Cutter Reporter" for his outstanding performance.
[4] He also received the Robert B. McKay Law Professor Award from the American Bar Association's Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section.
[9] He was appointed by federal judge Alvin Hellerstein as one of two Special Masters to handle cases filed by workers who suffered respiratory illnesses as a result of cleaning up the World Trade Center site after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.