Admitted
1979, California; 1981, U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California; 1988, New York; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Ninth Circuits; 1996, Ohio
Law School
University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
University of Southern California, A.B., magna cum laude, 1975
Memberships
Cleveland (Member: Benefits Committee, 1995; Litigation Section, 1995—), Los Angeles County, Ohio State (Member, Insurance Law Committee, 2001) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Defense Research Institute.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. International Order of the Barristers. Recipient, Distinguished Advocate Award; Special Citation, Roger Traynor State Moot Court Competition, 1979. Outstanding Advocate, University of California at Los Angeles Moot Court Honors Program, 1978. Managing Editor, UCLA-Alaska Law Review, 1978-1979. Author: Deterring the Drinking Driver, 15 UCLA-Alaska Law Review 1463, Volume 7, Number 2, 1978. Lecturer, Insurance, Bad Faith and Trial Advocacy, National Business Institute, 1997-2000. Deputy Foreman, U.S. Grand Jury, Central District of California, Fall, 1981.