Admitted
1975, California and U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California; 1977; U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1978, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1980, Arizona
Law School
University of California at Berkeley, J.D., 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
University of Arizona, B.A., 1969; Centro de Intercultura Documental, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, A
Memberships
Los Angeles County (Member, Board of Trustees, 1984-1986) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (National Chairman, 1985-1988 and National Secretary, 1983-1985, Railroad Section); California Trial Lawyers Association; Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association; Mexican-American Bar Association (Treasurer, 1984-1987).
Biographical
Chief Note and Comment Editor, University of California at Berkeley Law Review, 1974-1975. Recipient, Benito Juarez Award for Outstanding Work for the Latino Legal Community of Los Angeles, 1986. Lecturer: Complex Litigation: Class Action or Mass Tort? , Police Misconduct , Brain Injury and Head Trauma Experts , Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Consumer Attorneys of California and Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 1995-1997. Founding Life Member, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; Board of Director, 1976— and Member, 1981—, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation.