Graduated, Ursinus College, May 1983, receiving degree Bachelor of Arts; graduated Ohio Northern University College of Law, May 1986, receiving degree of Juris Doctor.

Admitted to practice as an Attorney at Law and Counsellor at Law in the New Jersey State Courts and in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in December 1986; US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; US Supreme Court; admitted to practice as an Attorney at Law and Counsellor at Law in the Pennsylvania State Courts, December 1986 – December 2023.

Associate with the firm of Horn, Kaplan, Goldberg, Gorny & Daniels, Atlantic City, New Jersey, August 1986 to May 1992.

Associate with firm Powell, DeAngelis & Powell, Tuckahoe, New Jersey, June 1992 to December 1992; partner January 1993 to December 2014, Powell, Birchmeier & Powell; managing member January 2015 to July 1, 2024 Birchmeier & Powell LLC, Tuckahoe, New Jersey.

Partner with firm of Madden & Madden, Tuckahoe and Haddonfield, New Jersey, July 2024 to present.

Prosecutor, Upper Township Municipal Court, Cape May County, March 2003 to December 2004; Judge, Upper Township Municipal Court, Cape May County, January 2005 to present. Dennis Township Municipal Court Judge, 2010 – present. Corbin City Municipal Court Judge 2009 – 2021. Stone Harbor Municipal Court Judge 2017 – 2020.

Member, American Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association, Cape May County Bar Association (serving as President in 2000), Atlantic County Bar Association. Court appointed arbitrator for the Counties of Atlantic and Cape May. Co-Chairperson Atlantic County Bar Association Commission on Automobile Arbitration Program. Previously served on Supreme Court of New Jersey District Fee Arbitration Committee. Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney since 1994.

Specialties of Practice: Negligence Law; Defense Litigation; Civil Trial; Defense of Public Entities and Public Employees under Title 59 and Section 1983; Defense of Employment Related Matters.

Currently rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.