He attended St. Nicholas Parochial School, De La Salle Institute, and Columbia Law School.

He was admitted to the bar in 1876, and practiced in New York City.

He was Justice of the Fourth District Municipal Court from 1894 to 1909.

He was Assistant New York County District Attorney from 1916 until his death.

He died on December 21, 1917, in St. Francis Hospital in the Bronx, New York City, of "stomach disease".