Former Member, Senate Appropriations Committee, Pennsylvania

Former Member, Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee, Pennsylvania

Former Ranking Member, Senate Local Government Committee, Pennsylvania

Senator, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate, 2013-2016

Policy Director, Casey for Governor, 2001-2002

Member, Heroin, Opioid Prevention and Education Caucus, 2016-present

Member, Real Estate Caucus, 2016-present

Member, Arts & Culture Caucus, 2015-present

Member, Public Media Caucus, 2015-present

Member, Redistricting Working Group, 2015-present

Member, Basic Education Funding Commission, 2014-present

Member, Economy, Business, and Jobs Caucus, 2014-present

Member, Life Sciences Caucus, 2014-present

Member, Manufacturing Caucus, 2014-present

Member, Community Colleges Caucus, 2013-present

Member, Early Childhood Education Caucus, 2013-present

Founder & Co-Chairman, Government Reform Caucus, 2013-present

Member, LGBT Equality Caucus, 2013-present

Member, Sportsmen's Caucus, 2013-present

Member, Women's Health Caucus, 2013-present

Former Member, Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, Pennsylvania

Former Member, Senate Education Committee, Pennsylvania

Former Member, Senate Finance Committee, Pennsylvania

Member, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Workgroup, 2015-2016

Of Counsel, Cozen O'Connor Professional Corporation, 2013-present

Adjunct Professor, Central Pennsylvania College, 2010-present

Chief Counsel/Policy Director, Office of Policy and Planning, Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General, 2005-2012

Executive Assistant/Counsel, Office of State Senator Jack Wagner, 2003-2005

Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General, 2002-2003

Deputy Chief Counsel, Pennsylvania Deptartment of the Auditor General, 1998-2003

Adjunct Professor, Widener University School of Law, 2002-2003

Associate, Litigation Department, McNees, Wallace & Nurick Limited Liability Company, 1995-1998

Member, Rotary Club of Harrisburg, 2016-present

Local Advisory Board, Dauphin County Technical School, 2015-present

Board of Directors, Samuel L. Abrams Foundation, 2015-present

Pro Bono Attorney, Dauphin County Bar Association, 2014-present

Leadership Class, Harrisburg Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2007-08

Member, Board of Directors, Dauphin County Bar Association, 2010-2011

Member, Board of Directors, Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg, 1995-2011

Member, Harrisburg Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2007-2008

Member, Board of Directors, American Cancer Society, 1996-2005

Awards:

Arthur King Kunkel Prize
American Jurisprudence Award
American Cancer Society's "Rookie of the Year Award" and the Harrisburg Multiple Sclerosis Society's "Leadership Award" for his philanthropic efforts

Recent: Legal Intelligencer/Pennsylvania Law Weekly "Lawyer on the Fast Track," Harrisburg Multiple Sclerosis Society Leadership Award, American Cancer Society Rookie of the Year Award

Law School: Phi Delta Phi, American Jurisprudence Award

College: Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu, Charles A. Dana Scholar

Favorite Food:

Any meal I can share with my family!

Favorite President and Why:

Harry S Truman, who knew how to make tough decisions.

Favorite Quote:

"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience."
--Pres. George Washington, Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation (Rule #110)

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
--Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, "Citizenship in a Republic," speech at the Sorbonne, April 23, 1910

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Exercising, watching TV, and driving my kids around

Pets (include names):

Braxton, their rescued dog

The Teplitz family fondly remembers Lucy, their rescued racing greyhound, and Romeo and Juliet, their twin rescued cats. In 2012, we welcomed Braxton, our rescued whippet puppy!

Priority Issues:

Great schools, good jobs, and government reform

Publications:

"Taking Assassination Attempts Seriously, 28 Cornell International Law Journal 569 (1995)

"Proportionality Review of Non-Capital Sentences" (college honors thesis, 1992)

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

To continue to serve the community I love

Spouse's Occupation:

Lawyer, professor, and long-time advocate for victims of domestic violence