Broome County Surrogate Judge (2001-2011) 
Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court (2003-2011) (Retired)
EPTL-SCPA Legislative Advisory Committee, Treasurer (1990 - ) 
Guardianship Advisory Committee of the Office of Court Administration (2008 - ) 
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Fellow)
Estate Planning Council of the Southern Tier, Past President  
Board of Editors, Warren's Heaton on Surrogate Court (2001 - ) 
Adjunct Professor (Taxation), Binghamton University (1972-2002) 
Visiting Professor, Cornell University (1978 and 1984) and 
        Mikolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania (2011)
Lecturer, New York University Summer Tax Institute (1989-1995)
Broome County Board of Ethics, Chair (1999-2001)
Broome County, Sixth Judicial District, (Member), (President 1984-1985)  
New York State Bar Association, (Member), (Vice President 1999-2002);
        House of Delegates (Member 1990-2002); Trusts & Estates Section ( Chair1989-1990); 
        New York State Bar Journal, Board of Editors (1998-2007); 
        Professional Ethics Committee (Member 1979-1982); 
        Special Committee on Group Legal Service Plans, Chair (1976-1978).  

Listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law,
        Best Lawyers in America (1993-2001), Outstanding Young Men in America (1977).  

U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer (Peru 1966-1967)
Binghamton University Foundation, President (1977-79), Chair (1977-1978)
Binghamton Boys & Girls Club, Chair (1996-2000)
Binghamton Boys & Girls Club Foundation, President (1987-1988)
Samaritan Counseling Center of the Southern Tier, Inc., President (1987)
Twin Tier Home Health, Inc., President (1993-1995)
Roberson Museum & Science Center, Treasurer and Director (1977-1995)
Community Foundation for South Central New York, Inc., Secretary/Treasurer (1996-2000)
A. Lindsay & Olive B. O'Connor Foundation, Director, (1982 - )
Bishop Scholarship Foundation, Director (1989 - )

Author, Federal and New York Estate Taxes, Warren's Heaton on Surrogate Courts, 
        vol. 6 revised 1988 and 1989; 
Chapter "Pitfalls of Trusts & Estates Practice," New York State Bar Association Handbook 1993 and 2002; 
Author of  numerous articles in New York State Bar Journal and Warren's Heaton Legislative & Case Digest.