Prior to relocating to the Berkshires, he spent seven years as a principal court attorney for the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, in Brooklyn Heights. He also has experience at the New York State Attorney General’s Office, Environmental Protection Bureau, and the Pace Energy and Climate Center. He received a BA from Columbia University and a JD from Pace University School of Law, where he was a Presidential Merit Scholar, an Environmental Law Consortium Merit Scholar, and Editor-in-Chief of the Pace Environmental Law Review. He is admitted to the bar in New York and Massachusetts. He has served as Senior Project Manager and Legal Advisor on the North Adams Cultural Development Master Plan since 2016.