Admitted
1978, California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Central and Eastern Districts of California; 2002, District of Columbia
Law School
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D., 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
University of California at Berkeley, B.A., magna cum laude, 1975
Memberships
Los Angeles County (Chair, Litigation Section, 2001-2002) and American (Member: Commercial Financial Services Committee; Steering Committee, Task Force on Insurance Insolvency, 1992-1995) Bar Associations; Association of Business Trial Lawyers; Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference (Chair, Central District Lawyer Representatives, 1995-1996).
Biographical
Member, Editorial Staff, Loyola Law Review, 1976-1977. Law Clerk to Chief Judge Albert Lee Stephens, Jr., U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1978-1980. Author: Grand Juries— Administrative Agency Access to Secret Materials— Requirements and Safeguards, 12 Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal 257, 1978; Developments in Criminal Law and Procedure in the Ninth Circuit, 10 Loyola Law Review 885, 1977.