Delaware Law School of Widener University
- Wilmington, Delaware
- J.D. 1983
- Phi Kappa Phi, American Jurisprudence Award

American Institute for Property & Liability Underwriters
- 1976 - 1980
- Awarded Chartered Property & Liability Underwriters (CPCU) designation

Insurance Institute of America 1973 - 1975
- Awarded Certificate in General Insurance

Colgate University, A.B., Sociology, 1973

Kelly Grimes Pietrangelo & Vakil, P.C.
- Media, Pennsylvania
- Shareholder - 1991 to present

Gibbons Buckley, Smith, Palmer & Proud, P.C.
- Media, Pennsylvania
- Law Clerk - 1981 - 1983
- Associate - 1983 - 1984
- Partner - 1985 - 1991

Philadelphia Insurance Society
- Instructor - Chartered Property & Casualty Program 1984 - 1990

O.M. Grimes Company - Independent Adjustment Firm, Phila., PA
- Claims Representative - 1973 - 1975
- Claims Supervisor - 1975 - 1977
- Claims Manager - 1977 - 1981

Philadelphia Worker's Compensation Claim Association
- 1974 to 1990

Del-Chester Claims Association
- 1975 to present

Philadelphia Insurance Society

Pennsylvania Defense Institute

Defense Research Institute

Delaware County Bar Association
- Director, 1998 - 2000
- Co-Chair Civil Education Committee, 2000

Chairman of Uninsured/Underinsured Arbitration Practices, Delaware County Bar Association
- 1998 - 1999

Pennsylvania Bar Association

American Bar Association

American Inns of Court
- Vice President - 1998 - 1999
- President Elect - 1999 - 2000
- President - 200 - 2001

Pennsylvania Supreme Court and all other Pennsylvania State Courts

United States Supreme Court; Third Circuit Court of Appeals; United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania