He graduated in law from the University of Palermo and embarked on a judicial career. He was appointed as Judge of the Grand Criminal Court in Messina (4 October 1860), Deputy Attorney General at the Court of Appeal of Palermo (26 October 1862), Counselor of the Court of Cassation of Palermo (9 September 1873), First President of the Court of Cassation of Catanzaro (1 February 1880), Attorney General at the Court of Cassation of Palermo (17 March 1881), Attorney General at the Court of Cassation of Turin (29 November 1885) and then First President of the Court of Cassation of Palermo (4 June 1893 -27 September 1893, 17 October 1893 - 2 July 1896).[3] He was a member of the Ministerial Commission to examine and recognize the behavior and acts of government in the colony of Eritrea (11 March 1891).[1] He was also a city councilor of Palermo.[2]
He was appointed senator of the Kingdom of Italy in 1890. He was briefly Minister of Justice in the first Giolitti government in 1893.[1][2]
