Born on 10th February, 1956. Completed B.Com LL.B from university of Mumbai in 1982. Joined the bar at the Hon’ble Bombay High Court under Senior Adv. Baba Chitnis and commenced his practice at the Hon’ble Bombay High Court and also in District Courts across Mumbai, Palghar and Thane districts and handled number of important Civil & Criminal cases. He then joined the chambers of Adv. Shri. D D Naik and gained immense experience and knowledge in the sphere of Co-operative Society’s law. He continued his practise exclusively on the Civil and Co-operative side and handled several intricate matters involving high stakes before the various Civil Courts, Co-operative Courts. He also possesses substantial experience of practise before the Hon’ble Bombay High Court (Appellate as well as Original side). He holds a colossal experience of over 40 years of practise on the Civil and Co-operative side and is considered a legal luminary in the said domain of Civil and Co-operative Law. Over the course of his long legal career sprawling over 4 decades, he has also gained vast experience of litigation before the Revenue Courts including Tahsildar, Sub - Divisional Officer, Divisional Officer, Deputy Collector, Commissioner Kokan Division and has also appeared before Maharashtra  Revenue Tribunal in Revenue & Property matters. He possesses a keen interest in cricket and has also been a cricketer himself in the 80s having represented the Hon’ble Bombay High Court at various tournaments.