Admitted
1966, California; 1968, District of Columbia; 1969, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Fordham University, LL.B., 1965
Law School Graduation Year
1965
College
University of Notre Dame, A.B., 1962
Memberships
State Bar of California; American Bar Association; Wong Sun Society of San Francisco; American Board of Trial Advocates
Biographical
Contributing Author: Practice Under the Federal Rules of Evidence, American Bar Association-American Law Institute, 1973; Parallel Grand Jury and Administrative Agency Investigations, American Bar Association/American Law Institute, 1978; Post-Conviction Lawyering in White Collar Cases, P.L.I., 1981; Joint Defense of Investigations and Litigation, P.L.I., 1982; RICO: The Ultimate Weapon in Business and Commercial Litigation, American Bar Association, 1983; Civil Discovery and the Fifth Amendment, Litigation, Fall 1984; Civil RICO, Practising Law Institute, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991; Criminal Aspects of SEC Enforcement, 1987 Securities Law Conference; Criminal Consequences of SEC Investigations, 1989 Securities Law Conference; Criminal Enforcement of Export Controls, ABA National Institute on White Collar Crime, 1993; California Criminal Law, West Publishing, 1995. Instructor, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1987-1997. Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1970-1974, Assistant Chief, Criminal Division, 1971-1972 and Chief of Special Prosecutions Section, 1973-1974, Central District of California. Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Rothenberg, 1974-1982. Delegate, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1981-1983, 1985-1988. Director, East Los Angeles Community Union, 1985—. Co-Chair, U.S. District Court Death Penalty Habeas Corpus Board, 1989-1996. Deputy General Counsel to the Christopher Commission inquiry into the 1992 Civil Disorder in Los Angeles. Co-Chair, U.S. District Court Civility/Professionalism Committee, 1992-1997. Named one of L.A.'s Top Litigators, Los Angeles Business Journal, 2002. Fellow, American Board of Criminal Lawyers.