Law School
University of California at Los Angeles, J.D., 1971
Law School Graduation Year
1971
College
University of California at Los Angeles, B.A, 1968
Memberships
The State Bar of California.
Biographical
Member, University of California at Los Angeles Law Review, 1969-1971. Author: Hoffman v. Los Angeles Magazine: Redux a legal analysis of the Ninth Circuit Court's opinion in Hoffman v. Los Angeles Magazine, American Bar Association, First Amendment and Media Litigation Committee News letter, October 2001; Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Don't Cry a legal analysis of the District Court's opinion in Hoffman v. Los Angeles Magazine, Libel Defense Resource Center Newsletter, March, 1999. Lecturer: Silver Screen Stars, Stooges and Surfers: California's Right of Publicity Law in the aftermath of Hoffman, Saderup and Abercrombie, Los Angeles Copyright Society, 2001; Entertainment, Conference Panelist Session, Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc., 2001; Seminar Panelist: Ethics: What Lawyers Can and Can't Say to the Media, University of Kansas Media and The Law, 1999; Cams, Scams and Legal Jams - News, Infotainment, and the First Amendment: An examination of the developing law of TV news, magazines, docudramas, reality-based programming and parody, American Bar Association Forum on Communications, 1996; Copyright Litigation, U.S. Copyright Society Panelist, Mid-Winter Meeting, 1995; Creativity Versus The Copier: The Trial of a Copyright Action; Direct and Cross Examination of an Expert Witness Issue of Substantial Similarity of Two Dramatic Works, American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Commercial Torts and Defamation Torts Committees, 1987; Entertainment Litigation, University of Southern California Law Institute, Seminar, 1986; The Legal Effect of the Beatlemania litigation, Apple v. Leber, et al, Los Angeles Copyright Society, 1986; Trial and Advocacy Program: The Trial of a Business Entertainment Lawsuit, Examination of an Expert Witness and Defendant's key Witness, Beverly Hills Bar Association; The Legal Impact of the Shampoo Litigation, Mann v. Columbia, etc., et al., Los Angeles Copyright Society, 1982; Copyrights - A Look into the 1980s, Defense Trial Analysis - Techniques and Ta