PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
| 2003 - | Harley Associates, Inc., Mediator and Arbitrator |
| 2002-2003 | Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of New York, Immigrant and Refugee Services, Project Coordinator. |
| 2000-2001 | Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald, P.C., Trial Counsel (Infant injuries from lead paint, medical malpractice, products liability, toxic torts). |
| 1979-2000 | Harley & Browne, Partner (Medical malpractice, products liability, general tort as well as non tort litigation). |
| 1976-1979 | Solo practice, (medical malpractice, products liability, general litigation). |
| 1971-1976 | Clark & Harley, Partner (general practice). |
| 1969-1971 | Fine, Tofel, Corwin & Saxl, Associate (general commercial litigation). |
| 1966-1969 | Martin, Clearwater and Bell, Associate (medical malpractice defense). |
| 1965-1966 | William G. Mulligan, Associate (general litigation). |
LECTURES and CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION COURSES GIVEN:
| 2008 | New York City Bar Association, Mediating Medical Malpractice Cases. |
| 2007 | Hofstra Law School, Mediating Medical Malpractice Cases. |
| 2000 | New York State Bar Association, Trials in the New Millennium. |
| 1998 | New York Law Journal Seminars, Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer. |
| 1997 | New York Law Journal Seminars, Trial of an Obstetrical Malpractice Case. |
| 1997 | New York State Bar Association, Handling a Civil Law Suit. |
| 1996 | New York Law Journal Seminars, Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer. |
| 1996 | New York Law Journal Seminars, Trial of an Obstetrical Malpractice. Case. |
| 1996 | New York State Bar Association, Winning Openings and Summations. |
| 1995 | New York State Bar Association, Winning Openings and Summations, |
| 1995 | New York State Bar Association, Pending Federal Tort Legislation. |
| 1994 | New York State Bar Association, Handling a Civil Law Suit. |
| 1993 | Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Medical Malpractice Law for Hospital Risk Managers. |
| 1991 | Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Products Liability Law for The Foreign Businessperson. |
| 1989 | New York State Bar Association, Direct and Cross Examination of an Expert Witness in a Medical Malpractice Case. |
| 1989 | Practicing Law Institute, Basic Medical Malpractice. |
| 1988 | Brooklyn Bar Association Security Cases: Rape and Assault. |
| 1987 | Practicing Law Institute Advanced Litigation Skills Using Video. |
| Representative Sample | |
PUBLICATIONS:
Articles:| 1997 | Law Society of Ireland, Gazette, Medical Malpractice in New York. |
| 1995 | New York Law Journal, Litigation Supplement, The Direct Examination of the Defendant by the Plaintiff's Lawyer. |
| 1993 | New York State Bar Journal, New York State Trial Lawyers Meeting in Dublin. |
| 2012 | The Lffey Archive, An American Teenager in 1950's Ireland, iUniverse |
| 1993 | New York State Bar Association, Medical Malpractice, Strategic and Practical Principles. |
| 1991 | James Publishing, Personal Injury Handbook: Forms and Procedures. |
| 1985 | Kluer Publishing (now Mitchie), What's It Worth; A Guide To Personal Injury Judgments and Settlements. |
| 1977 | Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Toxic Torts. |
PUBLIC AND COURT APPOINTMENTS:
| 1996-2001 | New York State, Office of Court Administration, Medical Malpractice Case Management Committee. |
| 1984-1990 | Roman Catholic, Diocese of Brooklyn, Board of Mediators and Arbitrators. |
| 1975-1976 | State of New York, Governors Special Advisory Panel on Medical Malpractice, Consultant. |
| 1974-1991 | Supreme Court, State of New York, Medical Malpractice Mediation Panel. |
BAR ASSOCIATION AND COMMITTEE WORK:
Association of the Bar of the City of New York| 1994-1997 | Chair, Committee on Medical Malpractice. |
| 1994-1997 | Chair, Medical Malpractice Mediation Project. |
| 1993-1994 | Member, Inter-Committee Working Group on Federal Health Care Legislation. |
| 1986-1997 | Member, Special Committee on Medical Malpractice. |
| 1988-1991 | Member, Committee on Products Liability |
| 1985-1988 | Member, Committee on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction [Author, Report on Gathering and Selection of Jurors in New York County]. |
| 1977-1978 | Member, Special Committee on Environmental Law |
| 1974-1977 | Member, Committee on Medicine and Law [co-author Report on Medical Malpractice and Report on Death With Dignity]. |
| New York State Bar Association. | |
| Member, Committee on Tort Reparations. | |
| Member, Trial Lawyers Section.. | |
| 1986-2000 Member Executive Committee. | |
| American Bar Association. | |
| Member, Litigation Section. | |
| Association of Trial Lawyers of America. | |
| Member, International Practice Section. | |
| New York State Trial Lawyers Association. | |
| Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (Great Britain). | |
| Consultant to the Law Society of England and Wales. | |
| Consultant to the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland. | |
OTHER PROFESSIONAL:
| Products liability trial, LaJoie v. Coleco broadcast complete on Court T.V. |
| LaJoie case subject of segment on ABC' s 20/20. |
| Medical Malpractice trial arising out of death of N.B.A. All Star, Reggie Lewis, reported nationally. |
| Represented Yankee great Elston Howard and Metropolitan Opera star Teresa Stratas. |
| Represented members of the Irish Hemophelia Association in mass tort action in the United States Federal Courts and the High Court of Ireland. |
| Numerous other cases and verdicts reported in national and local media. |
| Commentator, Court TV. |
| Commentator, CNBC. |
| Panelist, NewsTalkTV. |
| Articles, American Lawyer, May and September 1992. |
| Moot Court judge, Columbia Law School, 1970-1999. |
| Letters to the Editor, published in The Economist, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Irish Times, the New York Law Journal, Commonweal, and the Gazette of the Law Society of Ireland |
| Who's Who in American Law. |
CHARITIES:
| Trustee, St. Francis Xavier Church, Brooklyn, New York. |
| Member, Board of Trustees (Executive Committee), Pius XII Youth and Family Services (a family and child care agency of Catholic Charities). |
| Member, Board of Governors, Pius XII Foundation |
OTHER:
| Singer, Leader Tenor Section, The Collegiate Chorale |
| Singer, Riverside Choral Society |
| Singer, Lyric Artists of New York; AIDA, 2016 |
HONORS:
| Honorary Diploma, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 2016 |
EDUCATION:
| PROFESSIONAL: J.D., Columbia Law School, 1965 Alternate Dispute Resolution Certificate, New York University, 2003 |
| COLLEGE: B.A. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 1962 |
| SECONDARY: Private schools in The Netherlands, Ireland and Italy. |
HONORS:
| 2016 Honorary Diploma Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
