Admitted
1982, California; 1984, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1989, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1991, Colorado, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of A
Law School
New York University, J.D., 1982
Law School Graduation Year
1982
College
University of Oklahoma, B.A., summa cum laude, 1979
Memberships
Colorado (Member: Ethics Committee, 1995—) and American (Member, Litigation Section; Committees on Trial Practice, Securities Litigation and Business Torts Litigation) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Litigation Section); Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1999—; Co-Chair, Commercial Law Section, 1999-2001); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Commercial Law Section); Faculty of Federal Advocates; American Arbitration Association (Member, National Panel of Arbitrators, Commercial Arbitration, 1996—)
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Root-Tilden Scholar. Articles Editor, New York University Review of Law & Social Change, 1981-1982. Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma, 1982-1984. Editor, Civil Procedure and Discovery, Trial Talk, 1997—. Author: Colorado Supreme Court Adopts Further Jury Reform Measures, 52 Trial Talk 16, April/May 2003; The New Local Rules for the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, 51 Trial Talk, April/May 2002; Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence, 50 Trial Talk 14, April/May 2001; Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged and Confidential Documents, 30 The Colorado Lawyer 59, Feb. 2001; A Breach in the Wall of Mandatory Arbitration, 49 Trial Talk 6, April/May 2000; The Use and Abuse of Subpoenas, 47 Trial Talk 18, April 1998. Author and Lecturer: Annual Ethics Conferences, CLE International 1999-2001; First Annual Ethics Symposium, University of Denver College of Law, 2003; Ethics for Litigators, Colorado Bar Association, 2001; Ethics in Trial Advocacy, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 2000; Ethics for Government Lawyers, Colorado Bar Association, 2000; Trial Advocacy Program, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 1999-2000. Co-Author and Lecturer: Annual Colorado Law Update (Commercial Law), Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 1996-2001; Taking Effective Depositions, Lorman Education Services, 1994-1996; Enforcing Arbitration Agreements, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 1994; Defending Depositions, Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1992; Abusive Tactics, Protective Orders, and Sanctions, Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1991. Member, Colorado Supreme Court Ad Hoc Committee on ABA Ethics 2000/Rules of Professional Conduct, 2002-2003. Fellow, Colorado Bar Foundation.