Admitted
1983, California and U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, J.D., 1983
Law School Graduation Year
1983
College
San Jose State University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1979; London School of Economics, London, England
Memberships
Santa Clara County Bar Association; Association of Defense Counsel.
Biographical
Author: Junk Science + Junk Verdict, Defense Comment, Spring 1994; 128.7 Sanction, Defense Comment, Summer, 1995; Monthly Case Review, Insurance Liaison Committee, Northern California, 1996. Speaker: Investigating Environmental Claims: Peering Into the Past, San Jose, California; Environmental Compliance Strategies: The Role of Defense Counsel, Scottsdale, Arizona; Assignments and Stipulated Judgments: Third Party Bad Faith Revisited? Monterey, California; Ethical Conundrums for the Defense Lawyer, San Francisco, California; Post Jurassic Park: Who is Liable for Clean-Up Costs, San Jose, California; New Case Developments, Association of Defense Counsel, 1992-2002; Bad Faith and Punitive Damages, Kauai, Hawaii; UI/UIM Bad Faith Issues, Monterey, California; Bad Faith Defenses, Stanford Law School Insurance Bad Faith Institute, San Francisco, California; Bad Faith Blockbusters, Monterey, California; Agent and Broker Liability and Bad Faith Defenses, University of Southern California Insurance Law Institute, Los Angeles, California; What's New in Tort and Trial 2000-2001, Santa Clara County Bar Association. Judge Pro Tem, Santa Clara County Superior Court. Mediator and Arbitrator, Insurance Dispute Resolution, Ltd. Member, Board of Directors, Northern California Association of Defense Counsel, 1993-1996. Member, Board of Directors, California Defense Counsel, 1997-2002. Chair, Editorial Committee of Defense Comment, 1994. Chair, ADC Amicus Curiae Committee, 1996.