A graduate of the State University of New York College at Brockport with a major in political science and participated in the Washington Semester Program interning in the congressional office of the late Cardiss Collins of Illinois, After graduation participated in the campaign of and served as an aide to New York State Senator Hugh Farley. Graduated from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law where selected to the Criminal Justice Journal Law Review, recognized by Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, and served as a law clerk in the criminal appellate division of the California Attorney Generals Office. In active practice in the State of Indiana for 35 years in both state and federal courts. Practice areas include criminal defense, family law and injury cases. Past president of the the Italian Heritage Society of Indiana, recipients of service awards, father of one son and grandfather to three.
