Admitted
1988, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1997, District of Columbia; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of International Trade; 2002, U.S
Law School
University of California School of Law, Los Angeles, J.D., 1988
Law School Graduation Year
1988
College
Stanford University, B.A., 1984
Memberships
State Bar of California; The District of Columbia Bar (Member, Steering Committee; Criminal Law and Individual Rights Section, 2002—).
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Member, 1985-1988 and Board of Editors, 1988, UCLA Law Review. Author: Does Form Follow Function: The Idea-Expression Dichotomy in Copyright Protection of Computer Software, 35 UCLA L. Rev. 732 (1988). Author: The Sentencing of Organizations, Federal Sentencing for Business Crimes (Matthew Bender 2003). Clerk, Honorable William D. Keller, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1988-1989. Clerk, Honorable Arthur Alarcon, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1989-1990. U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California, 1990-1997 (Recipient, Director's Award, 1994). Member: CJA Criminal Appeals Panel, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1998—; ABA White Collar Crime Subcommittee, 1998—.