Admitted
1982, District of Columbia, 1983, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Law School
Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D., 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
University of California at Berkeley, B.A., summa cum laude, 1976, Phi Beta Kappa
Biographical
Member, 1978-1980 and Note & Comment Editor, 1979-1980, California Law Review. Author: Foreign Affairs Cases: The Need for a Mandatory Certification Procedure, 68 Calif. L. Rev. 1186, 1980. Adjunct Professor of Law: Whittier College School of Law, 1985-1990. Law Clerk: Judge John Garrett Penn, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1980-1981; Office of the Solicitor General of the United States, Summer 1980. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, 1983-1990 and Major Frauds Section, 1986-1990. Chief Postal Inspector's Special Award Winner, 1987 (selected the Outstanding Prosecutor in the United States); Nominee, Department of Justice Special Commendation Award, 1989 (one of 32 nationwide). Coordinator, Southern California Fraud Task Force, 1988-1989. Panelist: Federal Sentencing Guidelines, CEB; ALI/ABA. Expert Witness on Commodities, Investment and Telemarketing Fraud, U.S. House of Representatives, Sub-Committee on Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs.