Admitted
1975, California and U.S. District Court, Central, Southern and Eastern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Law School
Pepperdine University, J.D., 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
University of Southern California, B.A., 1972
Memberships
Orange County (Member, Sections on: Commercial Law and Bankruptcy; Business Litigation; appointed to Judiciary Committee, 1993 and 2000) Federal (Director, 1996-1998) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; The Association of Business Trial Lawyers; American Bankruptcy Institute; American Inns of Court (Master of the Bench, Peter M. Elliott Chapter).
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient, Top Gun, Best Business Trial Lawyer, Orange County Bar Association, 1998. Author: Bankruptcy and Complex Civil Litigation, CEB and State Bar Trial Practice Institute Manual, 1991. Visiting Lecturer, Complex Litigation, Stanford Law School, 1992. Co-Lead Counsel ACC/Lincoln Savings Securities Litigation. Director, 1988-1994 and President, 1989-1990, Orange County Bankruptcy Forum. Director, California Bankruptcy Forum, 1988-1994. Chairman, Annual Conference, California Bankruptcy Forum, 1994.