Admitted
1965, California, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit and U.S. District Court, Central, Southern and Northern Districts of California; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Boston University, LL.B., cum laude, 1964
Law School Graduation Year
1964
College
Boston University, B.A., 1961
Memberships
American (Member, Criminal Justice Section, 1982-1983; Vice Chairman, 1983 and Chairman, RICO Criminal Law Subcommittee, 1981-1983, Committee on Prosecution and Defense of RICO Cases, 1982-1984) Bar Associations; State Bar of California; California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (Member, Board of Governors, 1973-1975; President, 1977-1978; Chairman, RICO Committee, 1980-1990); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, 1979-1990; Chairman, RICO Prosecutions Committee, 1978-1990; Chair, Committee to Free the Innocent Imprisoned, 1990-1995; Contributing Editor, The Champion and Author, RICO Report, 1981—)
Biographical
Editor, Boston University Law Review, 1962-1964. Recipient: Los Angeles Criminal Courts Bar Association, Special Award as a Zealous Defender of Constitutional Rights, 1993; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Robert Heeney Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement, 1992; Century City Bar Association Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year, 1992; California State Bar Pro Bono Commendation, 1989. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Central District of California, Criminal Division, 1965. Author: Tarlow on Search Warrants, Courtroom Compendiums, 1972; Admissibility of Polygraph Evidence in 1975: An Aid in Determining Credibility in a Perjury-Plagued System, 26 Hastings Law Journal, 917, 1975; Witness for the Prosecution: A New Role For The Defense Attorney, 1 National Journal of Criminal Defense, 235, 1975; Criminal Defendants and Abuse of Jeopardy Tax Procedures, 22 University of California at Los Angeles Law Review 1191, 1975; Defense of A Federal Conspiracy Prosecution, 4 National Journal of Criminal Defense 183, 1978; RICO: The New Darling of the Prosecutor's Nursery, 49 Fordham Law Review, 165, 1980; RICO Revisited, 17 Georgia Law Review 291, 1983; California Criminal Defense Practice, Vols. 1-6, Matthew Bender, 1980 and Annual Supplements, 1981-2002. Editor, National Directory of Criminal Lawyers, Gold Publishers, 1976—. Criminal Law Editor, Rico Litigation Reporter, 1985-1993. Member, Editorial Board, Sentencing Guidelines Law Reporter, 1989-1993. Member, Board of Directors, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, 1997—. Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers. (Certified Specialist, Criminal Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization)