Admitted
1972, Nevada, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. Tax Court; 1973, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, Northern District of California, District of Hawaii and District of Nevada, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of San Francisco, J.D., 1972
Law School Graduation Year
1972
College
University of Nevada, B.S., 1969
Memberships
Washoe County and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Nevada (Law Day Chairman, 1974; Board of Bar Governors, 1980-1990; Ex Officio Member of Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, 1985-1990); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Board of Governors, 1976—; Delegate, 1978); Nevada Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1979); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Reno Chapter); American Board of Criminal Lawyers; American Inns of Court (Bruce R. Thompson Chapter) (Master, 1991). Ad Hoc Committee to Improve Federal Courtroom Technology.
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta. Listed in Best Lawyers in America for Civil Litigation, 1990 and Personal Injury Litigation, 1991. Member, Washoe County Public Defender's Office, 1972-1975. Member: Nevada State Board of Bar Governors, 1980-1989; Washoe County Juvenile Master Pro Tem, 1977-1978; Northern Nevada Disciplinary Board, 1979-1982; Northern Nevada Legal-Medical Screening Panel, 1979-1981. Member, Executive Committee to Establish Appellate Court, 1979-1980. Member, Commission to Implement Cameras in the Courtroom, 1979—. Member, Governor's Commission on Sentencing Criminal Offenders, 1985. Member, Supreme Court's Committee to Revise Rules of Civil Procedure, 1988-1990; Member, Committee for Revision of Pattern Jury Instructions. Listed: Who's Who in the West; Marquis' Who's Who in American Law. (Certified Civil Trial Advocate and Criminal Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy).