Admitted
1973, California; 1979 , U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Loyola Marymount University, J.D., 1973
Law School Graduation Year
1973
College
Loyola Marymount University, B.A., 1970
Memberships
Los Angeles County (Chairperson, Bar Fee Dispute Committee, 1979—) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Consumer Attorneys of California (Member, Board of Governors, 2000-2003); Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; American Arbitration Association (Member, Panel of Arbitrators, 1976—); American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate; Member, National Executive Committee, 1998-2001)
Biographical
Finalist, Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, 1997. Author: The Anatomy of a Federal Employer's Liability Act Case, October, 1972 and The Availability of Strict Liability in the Excess Judgment Case, Spring, 1973, California Trial Lawyers Journal; Formulating A Defendant's Discovery Plan in a Mid-Air Collision, Southern Methodist University School of Law, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Vol. 47, No. 4, 1982; Spoliation: A Defense Perspective, Consumer Attorneys of California Forum, January 1996; Surviving a Toxic Tort Case From Retainer to Trial, Consumer Attorneys of California, Forum, May 1997; Insurance Bad Faith: Expert Witnesses and Evidence, Consumer Attorneys of California, Forum, November, 1999. Guest Lecturer, California Judicial College, 1995 and 1997. Member, Superior Court Arbitration Panel, 1976—.Member, Standing Committee on Discipline for the Central District of California, 1997-2000. Member, Governor's Los Angeles Judicial Selection Advisory Committee, 1999—. Member, Alumni Board of Directors, Loyola-Marymount University, 1986-1989 and 1991-1994. Member, Board of Regents, Loyola-Marymount University, 1999—. Member, Board of Directors, HCCH Insurance Holdings, Inc. Current Chairman of Compensation Committee and Audit Committee, Spectrum Labs, Inc. and Microvision, Inc. Fellow: International Academy of Trial Lawyers.