Admitted
1973, California; 1977, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 1973
Law School Graduation Year
1973
College
University of Edinburgh, Scotland; University of California at Los Angeles, B.A., cum laude, 1969
Memberships
Los Angeles County (Member, Immigration Section; Executive Committee) and American Bar Associations; American Immigration Lawyers Association (Member, National Board of Governors, 1988-1997).
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. General Attorney and Trial Attorney, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1976-1982. Testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration on May 22, 2001. Author: Hiring and Obtaining Temporary Working Status for Foreign-Born Professionals, California Labor and Employment Law Quarterly, Fall 2000; Bills Toughen Standards for Hiring Alien Workers, The National Law Journal, November 1995; International Medical Graduates and the Foreign Residency Requirement, Journal of the American Medical Association, March 1994. Speaker: National and local conferences of the American Immigration Lawyers Association; American Management Association; Los Angeles County Bar Association. (Certified Specialist, Immigration and Nationality Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization)