Admitted
1972, California, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Tenth Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1972
Law School Graduation Year
1972
College
San Diego State College; Sacramento State College
Memberships
Sacramento County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1990-1991; Member, Board of Directors, 1988-1994); Consumer Attorneys of California; Sacramento Consumer Attorneys (Member, Board of Directors, 1995—); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys (Founder and Diplomate); American Board of Trial Advocates; American Academy of Attorney-Mediators, Inc.
Biographical
Professor, Intensive Advocacy Program, University of San Francisco. Instructor, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1984—. President, McGeorge School of Law Alumni Association Board of Directors, 1988-1989. Judge Pro Tem, Sacramento Superior Court, 1987—. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association, 1983—. Advocate of the Year, 1996 and 2002, Sacramento Consumer Attorneys. Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.