Federal Bar Council, President, 2006-2008; President-Elect, 2004-2006; Trustee, 1998-, Treasurer, 2000-, and Chair, 2001-, Program Committee

Member, Board of Editors, New York Law Journal, 2006-

New York State Bar Association (Chair: Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, 1996-1997; Chair, Committee on Complex Civil Litigation; Member, Executive Committee, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, 1991-; Steering Committee on Commerce and Industry, 2001-; Delegate, House of Delegates, 1997-1998; Member, Special Committee on Cameras in New York Courts, 2000); Chair, Special Committee on Age Discrimination in the Profession, 2006- 

New York Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Committees on: State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction, 1983-1987; Professional Discipline, 1987-1988; Committee on Judiciary, 1988-1991)

Practicing Law Institute Litigation Advisory Committee, 1992-

Office of Court Administration's Program on the Profession and the Courts, Part 130 Subcommittee, 1996-1998

Member: Union College Trustee Board of Advisors, 1993-1999

Advisory Committee on Civil Practice to the Chief Administrative Judge of the New York State Courts, 1992-

Chief Judge's Task Force on Commercial Courts, 1995-

American Bar Association

Life Fellow, New York Bar Foundation

Awarded Eliphalet Nott Medal for distinction in field by Union College Board of Trustees, 2007