Admitted
1980, California, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of California, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Western State University, J.D., 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
California Polytechnic State University, B.A., with honors, 1973; California Polytechnic State Unive
Memberships
Fresno County (Chair, Business Law Section, 1989; Chair, Agricultural Law Section, 1995-1996), Federal (Director, 1998— and President, 2003—, Jan Jonquin Valley Chapter) and American (Member, Business Bankruptcy Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Business Law Section; Chair, AgriBusiness Committee, 2000); American Bankruptcy Institute; American Inns of Court; Central California Bankruptcy Association (President, 1989-1990; Director, 1996-2000); California Bankruptcy Forum (Director, 1992-1993 and 1995-2001; Program Committee, 1993, 1996, and 1997); California Receiver's Forum, Central Valley Chapter (Director, 2001—); Central California Bankruptcy Association (President, 1988-1989; Director, 1996-1999; Institute Planning Committee, 1996-2000)
Biographical
Gamma Sigma Delta. Alpha Gamma Rho (faculty advisor). Associate Professor: Agricultural Business Management, California State University-Fresno, 1981-1983; California Polytechnic State University/Pomona, 1976-1979, 1974-1975, San Luis Obispo. Adjunct Professor of Agricultural Law, San Joaquin College of Law, 1989-1993. Author: A Case for Avoidance of Secret Farmer Liens: The California Producer's Lien, San Joaquin Agricultural Law Review, 1994. Co-Author: Contents of Fee Applications, Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law, 1990. Contributing Author: Advanced Chapter 11 Practice, John Wiley Publisher (1991), (Revised, 1993). Speaker: Association of Insolvency Accountants, San Francisco, 1998; California's Secret and Not So Secret Statutory Agricultural Liens, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, American Bar Association, San Francisco, August, 1997. Director and Secretary, Central Valley Business Incubator, 1996—. Member: Collaborative Regional Initiative, Futures Institute, 2001-2002; Fresno City and Fresno County Historical Society. Trustee, 1993-1999, Eastern District Historical Society, 2000—. Trustee, Fresno Metropolitan Museum, 1999-2002. Member Advisory Committee, Center for Innovation, California State University, Fresno. Member: Tulare County Historical Society. Member, Agricultural Law Review Advisory Committee, San Joaquin College of Law (Chair, 1987—). Delegate, Eastern District Judicial Conference, 1988-2000 and 2002. Member, Society of Agricultural Lenders, Central Valley Chapter, 1988—. Alternative Dispute Resolution Advocate/Mediator, Eastern District of California. Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy. (Certified Business Bankruptcy Specialist by American Board of Bankruptcy Certification)