Professional Activities
American Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Recognition & Accomplishments
Named to Philadelphia Business Journal's 2013 "40 Under 40" list, in recognition of professional excellence and outstanding community involvement
Recipient, Ballard Spahr's 2011 Alan J. Davis Award, given to a member of the firm who demonstrates exemplary legal representation in a matter involving the public good, for his work as part of the Ballard Spahr Asylum Initiative
Recipient, The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly's 2010 "Lawyers on the Fast Track" award, given to select young Pennsylvania lawyers whose achievements have distinguished them among their peers
Recipient, Ballard Spahr's inaugural Alan J. Davis Award in 2008, for his success in helping a deaf woman from Guinea obtain asylum
Recipient, Pennsylvania Bar Association 2008 Pro Bono Award, in recognition of all of his pro bono work
Publications
Co-author, "Cy Pres Permitted in Class Action Settlements but Makes Approval More Difficult, Third Circuit Holds," Ballard Spahr alert, February 21, 2013
Co-author, "Supreme Court Hands FTC Victory on State Action Immunity," Ballard Spahr alert, February 21, 2013
Co-author, "Price-Cost Test Does Not Apply in Exclusive Dealing Cases Where Pricing Is Not the Exclusionary Tool, Third Circuit Holds, While Circumscribing Prior Holding in LePage's," Ballard Spahr alert, October 3, 2012
Co-author, "DOJ and FTC Announce Antitrust Enforcement Policy Regarding Accountable Care Organizations," Ballard Spahr alert, November 1, 2011
Co-author, "Buyer (and Seller) Beware: Changes to Hart-Scott-Rodino Notification Requirements Critical to M&As," Ballard Spahr alert, August 16, 2011
Co-author, "DOJ and FTC Issue New Guidelines for Review of Mergers and Acquisitions," Ballard Spahr alert, August 20, 2010
Co-author, "Justice Department Announcement of $12 Million Settlement Signals Renewed Antitrust Scrutiny on Energy Markets," Ballard Spahr alert, February 23, 2010
Co-author, "Unjust Enrichment: Unjust, Indeed," Law360, December 8, 2008
Co-author, "Update: Court Grants Class Action Status in Nurses' Wage-Fixing Case," Ballard Spahr alert, August 7, 2008
Speaking Engagements
"Antitrust Briefing – A Look at Current Litigation and Enforcement Trends," Ballard Spahr CLE, Philadelphia, July 18, 2012
"Managing Discovery, ESI, and Privilege Issues in an Antitrust Context," Pennsylvania Bar Institute's "Basics of Antitrust Law" CLE, Philadelphia, February 22, 2010
Panelist, "Electronic Discovery – Taking Stock and Moving Forward," Ballard Spahr CLE, December 17, 2009
"Antitrust Law and the New Administration: Preparing for Increased Scrutiny and Reinvigorated Enforcement," Ballard Spahr CLE, December 9, 2009
"A Primer on Competition Law in the Oil and Gas Industry," Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, December 8, 2009
"Electronic Discovery in Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Bar Institute's "Discovery: Where Most Cases Are Won or Lost" CLE, Philadelphia, November 6, 2009; and Pittsburgh, October 28, 2009
"New Mood in Antitrust: Antitrust Law and the New Administration," Ballard Spahr CLE, June 16, 2009
Community Activities
Leadership Philadelphia Core Program, 2011-2012
Board Memberships
Community Legal Services
Philadelphia Legal Assistance
HIAS and Council Migration Services of Philadelphia