Admitted
1959, Nevada; 1960, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1963, U.S. Supreme Court; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Law School
Yale University, J.D., 1959
Law School Graduation Year
1959
College
Northwestern University, B.A., cum laude, 1956
Memberships
State Bar of Nevada (Member, Law and Legislative Committee, 1963-1970; Chair, Administrative Law Committee, 1991-1994; Chair, Administrative Law Section, 1994-1995); American Bar Association (Chairman, Nevada Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants, 1964-1967); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Judicature Society.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Corbey Court. Recipient, La Rue Munson Award, Yale University, 1959. Co-Author: Colby Case and the Full Faith and Credit Clause, Nevada State Bar Journal, July, 1963; Farnham v Farnham-Variations on an Invariable Theme, Nevada State Bar Journal, January, 1965; From Archaic to Arcane-or Nevada's Attachment Laws, Nevada State Bar Journal, July, 1969. Author: Nevada Motor Carrier Compendium, 1990. General Counsel, Bell United Insurance Company, 1988-1994. Chairman, Clark County Law Library, 1963-1968. Assemblyman, Nevada Legislature, 1966-1973. Outstanding Freshman Legislator by Capitol Press Corps, 1967. Outstanding Nevada Legislator by Eagleton Institute, 1969. Assembly Minority Leader, 1971. State Senator, Nevada, 1974-1978. Settlement Conference Judge, Supreme Court, 1997. President, Nevada Arbitration Association, 1984-1985.
Military
Capt., JAGC, U.S. Army, 1958-1966