Admitted
1980, California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of California
Law School
Boston University, J.D., cum laude, 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
University of California at Berkeley, B.A., cum laude, 1968
Memberships
Sacramento County (Member, Bar Council, 1995-1997), Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, 1985-1987 and Chair, 1986-1987, Standing Committee on Rules and Procedure of Courts); The Anthony M. Kennedy Inn of Court (Master of the Bench, 1988—). Member, Board of Trustees, Sacramento Law Foundation, 1996—. Member, Board of Trustees, 1995-2001, 2002— and President, 1998-2001, The Land Trust of Napa County.
Biographical
Recipient, Melville M. Bigelow Scholarship Award. Member, Editorial Board, Boston University Law Review, 1974-1975. Author: California Expert Series, Schwing, California Affirmative Defenses (Thomson/West 2004); Schwing, Open Meeting Laws 2d, (IMLA 2000); Volumes 1-5 Schwing: California Affirmative Defenses 2d, (1995/1996 Bancroft Whitney); Schwing Open Meeting Laws (NIMLO 1994); Schwing, California Practice: Defenses in Civil Actions, Volumes 15, 16, 17 and 18, (West 1988, 1989, 1990); California Discovery Practice Chap. 4, (CEB 1998, 1987); Insurance Holding Company Regulatory Statutes and Related Legislation: A Comparative Analysis, 27 Fed. Ins. Counsel Q. 96, 1976; Qualification Requirements Applicable to Alien Stock Insurers, to Surplus Line Insurers, and to Reinsurers, 1976 Ins. L. J., 649; The Federal Power Commission's Noncompliance with the National Environmental Policy Act: Statutory Impossibility and Delegation, 55 B. U. L. Rev., 575, 1975; Statutory Circuit Court Review and the National Environmental Policy Act: The Proper Forum, 55 B.U.L. Rev. 530, 1975; Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin—Fluid Recovery, Mini-Hearings, and Notice in Class Actions, 54 B. U. L. Rev. 111, 1974. Co-Author with Tamar Frankel, The Regulation of Money Managers, (2001 Aspen, 4 Volumes). Contributing Editor, Black's Law Dictionary (1999, 7th Ed. Bryan Garner, Ed). Law Clerk, United States District Judge Thomas J. MacBride, Eastern District of California, 1977-1980. Member, Ninth Circuit Task Force on Self-Represented Litigants, 2003—. Member, Ninth Circuit Advisory Board, 2000-2003. Lawyer Delegate, 9th Circuit Judicial Conference, 1985-1987. Member, Civil Justice Reform Act Committee (Biden Committee) for the Eastern District of California, 1994-1997. Judicial Advisory Committee for Eastern District of California, 1998—. Chair, Subcommittee on Local Rules, 1993—.