State University at Buffalo, B.A., 1967; State University at Buffalo School of Law, J.D., 1972; Buffalo Law Review; Partner, Kavinoky & Cook, LLP, Buffalo, NY, 1972-1990; Partner, Zdarsky, Sawicki & Agostinelli, LLP, 1990-2020; Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 2009; Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, 2010; Super Lawyers, 2007-2020 (Top 50 Upstate New York Super Lawyers, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019); Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell; former Director, Sisters Hospital Foundation (past Chairman); former Director, University at Buffalo School of Law Alumni Association (past Treasurer); admitted to and argued before the Supreme Court of the United States, 1994; married 52 years to Patricia R. Zdarsky, three children and five grandchildren, and reside in Williamsville, New York.