Admitted
1975, California, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central Districts of California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Ninth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Loyola Marymount University, J.D., 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
Claremont McKenna College, B.A., cum laude, 1972
Memberships
Los Angeles County (Member, Executive Committee, Law Office Management Section, 1984-1986) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (Annual Program Chair, 1984; Member, Board of Directors, 1985-1986).
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta (Marshal, 1973-1974; Chief Justice, 1974-1975). Member: International Law Society; St. Thomas More Law Honor Society. Member: Board of Governors, Loyola Marymount University, School of Law, 1987-1989; Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel. Author: Collapse - Evolution of Definitions in Property Insurance, Society of Claim Law Associates, Fall 2003 (SCLA News). Co-Author: Business Interruption and Indirect Loss, Insuring Real Property, Matthew Bender, 1989. Panelist: Avoiding Malpractice in California: Guidelines for Professional Responsibility, CEB, August 1990; Preventing Legal Malpractice in the Specialties, LMIC Continuing Legal Education, August 1992. Instructor: National Arson Investigation Training Seminar, Insurance Commission for Arson Control, April 1992; California Conference of Arson Investigators semi-annual meeting, January 2001. Panelist, Hot Issues In Insurance Law, Orange County Bar Association, April 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001 & 2002. Speaker: Bad Faith and Punitive Damages In Insurance Claims, American Conference Institute Seminar, April 1995; Disqualification of Attorneys & Experts--The Tripwire of Privileges, Association of South California Defense Counsel Seminar, South Valley, Idaho, January 1997; Bad Faith and Punitive Damages in Insurance Claims, 1995, 1997 and 1998, American Conference Institute, San Francisco, CA; Perplexing Problems in Bad Faith, ASCDC, Annual Meeting, February 1998; Panelist: Current Developments in Bad Faith Annual Seminar Association of So California Defense Counsel, 1998; Bad Faith Litigation Year 2000 and Beyond, ASCDC November 1999 Meeting; Bad Faith 2001, Association of South California Defense Counsel Annual Meeting, February 2000; Deposition Preparation/Voir Dire, California Conference of Arson Investigators, January 2000. Instructor & Moderator, Jury Selection - The Basics, California Conference of Arson Investigations, January 2001. Hot Topics in Insurance Law, presented with Theodore Senet a