ɐdmˈɪɾᵻd tə ðə nˈuː jˈɔːɹk bˈɑːɹ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti θɹˈiː, hiː kəmˈɛnst pɹˈæktɪs ɪn bˈʌfəlˌoʊ, ænd sˈɜːvd æz ɐsˈɪstənt dˈɪstɹɪkt ɐtˈɜːni ʌv ˈiəɹi kˈaʊnti, nˈuː jˈɔːɹk ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈoːɹ.
Admitted to the New York bar in 1963, he commenced practice in Buffalo, and served as assistant district attorney of Erie County, New York in 1964.