Admitted
1978, California, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Southern and Central Districts of California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fifth and Ninth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
McGeorge School of the Law, University of the Pacific, J.D., 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
Villanova University, B.A., 1971
Memberships
Sacramento County, Federal and American (Member, Trial Techniques and Torts and Insurance) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Litigation Section); Consumer Attorneys of California; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Sacramento Consumer Attorneys (Member, Board of Directors; Vice President, 1995; President, 1997; Award in Recognition of Experience); Million Dollar Advocates Forum; Defense Research Institute; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice.
Biographical
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Family Law. Adjunct Professor, University of San Francisco School of Law. Instructor: Civil Litigation, Barclay College of Legal Careers, 1984-1985; California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1986—; Consumer Attorneys of California, 1980—; Sacramento Consumer Attorneys, 1980—. Lecturer, Wrongful Termination in California, California Nevada Soft Drink Association, Annual Convention - Hawaii, 1987—. Arbitrator, Sacramento Superior Court Arbitration Panel, 1983—. Judge Pro Tem, Sacramento Municipal Court and Superior Court, 1986—. Board Member, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1984-1999. Advocate of the Year, Sacramento Consumer Attorneys, 1994. Consumer Attorneys of California Award in Recognition of Experience. CAOC Outstanding Trial Lawyers Association. President of the Year 1997 Sacramento Consumer Attorneys. Member, Board of Directors, McGeorge Alumni. Chairman, Greater Northern California Chapter of Make a Wish Foundation. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)
Military
Lt. U.S. Navy, 1971-1975, Ret.