Admitted
1984, California and U.S. District Court, Southern and Central Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Law School
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude, 1984
Law School Graduation Year
1984
College
University of California at Los Angeles, B.S., magna cum laude, 1980
Memberships
Association of Business Trial Lawyers; San Diego Defense Lawyers Association; California Bankers Association (Member, Bank Counsel Section); Louis M. Welch American Inns of Court.
Biographical
First Place, Beaudry Moot Court Competition, 1984. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Commercial Law, 1984. Extern Law Clerk to Honorable J. Clifford Wallace, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1983. Co-Contributor: Cable Television Law: A Video Communications Practice Guide, Matthew Bender & Company, 1984. Thesis: Judicial Decision-Making Behavior. President, Can Support Program, American Cancer Society, 1987-1989. Lecturer: Trust and Probate Litigation, California Continuing Education of the Bar; California Center for Judicial Education and Research; San Diego Trust Officers Association; Estate Planning Council; San Diego County Bar Association; Advising Fiduciaries and Agents, California Continuing Education of the Bar; Winning Evidentiary Hearings in Probate Court, San Diego County Bar Association. Court-Appointed Arbitrator and Mediator, Probate Division, San Diego Superior Court. Judge Pro-Tem, San Diego Superior Court. Member, San Diego Volunteer Lawyers Program.