Admitted
1984, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit; 1987, California; U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Texas, J.D., with highest honors, 1984
Law School Graduation Year
1984
College
Rice University, B.A., cum laude, 1981
Memberships
San Diego Bar Association; State Bar of California; The State Bar of Texas (inactive) (Member, Appellate Practice Committee; Chair, Civil Rules Subcommittee).
Biographical
Board of Advocates; Order of the Coif; Chancellors Award for Academic Excellence. Member, Texas Law Review, 1982-1984. Author: Do Diverse Juries Aid or Impede Justice? Wisc. L. Rev. 553 (1999, co-authored by Theodore Klastorin); Unpacking the Jury Box, 47 Hastings L.J. 1325 (1996); The Validity of the Public Rights Doctrine in Light of the Historical Rationale of the Seventh Amendment, 21 Hast. Const. L.Q. 1013 (1994); The Myth of How to Interpret the Seventh Amendment Right to a Civil Jury Trial, 53 Ohio St. L.J. 1005 (1992);You Ought to Be in Pictures: Video Cameras Come to Court, 12 CEB Civil Litig. Rptr. 240 (September 1990). Assistant Professor of Law, New England School of Law, Evidence, Administrative Law and Torts, 1994-1996. Visiting Professor, University of San Diego School of Law, 1997.