Admitted
1985, California and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
Law School
University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., 1985
Law School Graduation Year
1985
College
University of California at San Diego, B.A., with provost honors, 1981
Memberships
San Diego County (Member, Client Assistance and Arbitration/Client Relations Committees) and American (Member, Sections of: Litigation; Torts and Insurance Practice; Vice Chairman, Business Torts Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Defense Research Institute); San Diego Trial Lawyers Association (Sustaining Member; Member, Board of Directors; Co-Chairman, Trial Awards Committee); San Diego Defense Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Sustaining Member); Association of Business Trial Lawyers; California Trial Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Panel Participant, Getting the Most Out of Your Expert Witnesses, CEB, July 2003; Fundamentals of Pre-Trial Practice, CEB, April 2002; Discovery Plans in Civil Litigation, CEB, July 2001; Preparing for, Taking and Using Depositions, CEB, February 2000; Discovery: Strategies and Tactics for Success, CEB, July 1998 and March 1999; Strategic Tips for Successfully Propounding and Opposing Written Discovery, CEB, July 1999; Effective Advocacy for Plaintiff and Defense Attorneys, CEB, September 1995; Premises Liability, Landowner Liability for Criminal Acts, San Diego Trial Lawyers Association, May 1994. Editor, Discovery Law Section, Trial Bar News. Alumni Advisor, University of San Diego School of Law. Board of Directors: San Diego Trial Lawyers Association; Consumer Lawyers of San Diego. Director and President, Barristers Club of San Diego, 1989-1991. Appointed Member by the California State Bar Board of Governors to the American Bar Association, House of Delegates, 1993-1995, 2000-2002. San Diego County Bar Association Delegate and Floor Leader of the Conference of Delegates, 1992-1994. Member, Board of Managers and Member, Board Emeritus, San Diego County YMCA, Human Development Department, 1984-1993. Board of Directors and Executive Committee, San Diego International Sports Council, Chairman, San Diego International Sports Foundation. Board of Directors, University of California San Diego Triton Athletic Associates. Co-Chairman, NCAA-Division 1 Basketball Tournament (West Region, 2000). Member, University of California San Diego Chancellor Associates and Alumni Association. Certified Member: Million Dollar Advocates Forum (recognition for verdicts, awards and settlements achieved for clients in excess of One Million Dollars). Member: William B. Enright Chapter, American Inns of Court. Workshop Leader on Evidence, San Diego Inn of Court, 1998.