Admitted
1984, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, J.D., 1983
Law School Graduation Year
1983
College
University of Texas, at San Antonio, B.A., magna cum laude, 1980
Memberships
Clark County and American (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law and Law Practice Management) Bar Associations; State Bar of Nevada (Member: Board of Bar Examiners, 1996—; Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board, 1990-1999); Nevada Employment Law Letter (Member, Editorial Review Board, 1993—); Defense Research Institute; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Biographical
Executive Editor, Ecology Law Quarterly, 1982-1983. Co-Author: Arbitration of Employment Discrimination Claims: Do Businesses Really Want to Go There? Communiqué (October 2001); Clark County School District v. Breeden: The Supreme Court Provides a Timely Reminder of the 'Basics' of Employment Harassment and Retaliation, Nevada Lawyer (October 2001). Author: OWBPA Releases Create Pitfalls For Nevada Employers, Nevada Labor Letter (Vol. VIII, No. 3, March 2000); A Primer On Drafting Reasonable Non-Compete Agreements, Nevada Labor Letter (Vol. VIII, No. 11, November 2000); Will You Be Defenseless to Employee Handbilling? Nevada Labor Letter (Vol. VII, No. 7, July 1999); Trench Warfare- ‘Personnel Rules’ Learned from Litigation, Nevada Labor Letter (Vol. VI, No. 4, April 1998); A Primer on Investigating Employee Conduct in Nevada, Nevada Labor Letter (Vol. V, No. 3, March 1997); Non-Compete Agreements Under Nevada Law, Nevada Labor Letter (May 1996); Drafting Nevada Employee Handbooks in 1995, Nevada Labor Letter (September 1995); Enhancing Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements, Nevada Labor Letter, (December 1994). Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association, Employment Dispute Panel. Appointed Settlement Judge, Nevada Supreme Court, 1997—. Master, Nevada American Inn of Court. Guest Lecturer on Labor/Employment Law, Casino Management Association Certification Course, 1999-2001. Employer Counsel, Clark County School District v. Breeden, 532 U.S. 268, 121 S,Ct. 1508 (2001).