Admitted
1992, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Law School
Western State University, J.D., 1991
Law School Graduation Year
1991
College
California State University at Long Beach, B.M., cum laude, 1976; California State University at Lon
Memberships
Orange County Bar Association; State Bar of California.
Biographical
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Torts, Contracts, Legal Writing, Trusts and Family Law. Member, 1989 and Associate Editor, 1990-1991, Western State University Law Review. Author: Gourley v. State Farm: The Demise of Reliance on the Advice of Coverage Counsel as a Shield to First Party Bad Faith Insurance Cases, 18 Western State University Law Review, 443. Co-Author: Fundamentals of Subrogation and Pursuing These Rights Notwithstanding Coverage Disputes, ABA National Meeting, NYC, August 1993; Court Limits Scope of Disability Claims, Orange County Business Journal, April 1994; Avoiding The Loss of Subrogation Rights, C&C Legal Update, Winter 1995; Shifting the Wheels of Justice into High Gear: Reducing Appellate Delays Through Settlement Conferences, C&C Legal Update, Fall 1996; It's Not Over Till It's Over - Determining Finality of Judgments for Appeal, C&C Legal Update, Summer 1998.; Is Your Appeal a Second-Class Citizen? - Proposed Assignment of Routine Appeals to Appellate Referees, C&C Legal Update, , Summer 1999.