Admitted
1981, California; 1982, U.S. District Court, Central, Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Law School
Harvard University, J.D., 1981
Law School Graduation Year
1981
College
Yale University, B.A., magna cum laude with distinction in political science, 1978
Memberships
Beverly Hills (Member, Board of Governors, 1991-1995), Los Angeles County (Member, Litigation Section; Judicial Election Evaluations Committee) and American (Member: Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member: Committee on Fair Trial and Free Press, 1983-1984; Delegate, State Bar Conference of Delegates, 1985-1990.
Biographical
Editor, Harvard Civil Rights, Civil Liberties Law Review, 1980-1981. Member, Board of Directors, 1984-1991 and President, 1990-1991, Public Counsel Law Center. Member, Board of Directors, Inner City Law Center, 1991-1993. Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Municipal Courts, 1986—. Judicial Arbitrator, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1993-1994. Member, Los Angeles Copyright Society, 2000—. (Also at New York, N.Y. Office)