Admitted
1983, California; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Law School
Western State University, J.D., 1983
Law School Graduation Year
1983
College
California State University, Fullerton, B.A., 1977
Memberships
Orange County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of California (Member, Board of Governors, 1997; Education Chair, 1996); California Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors at-Large 1993-1996); Orange County Trial Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Associate Editor, 1981 and Editor-in-Chief, 1982, Western State University Law Review. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Evidence and Uniform Commercial Code. Contributing Author: Products Liability Litigation: Product Studies, Clark Boardman, Callaghan, 1996; A Guide to Toxic Torts, Matthew Bender and Company, 1987. Author: Vehicle Roof Crush Persists During Rollover Crashes, ATLA Trial, August 2001; To Join an MDL... or Not, ATLA Trial, July 2000; Rear-impact Collisions Expose Seat Defects, ATLA Trial, March 1999; Defective Automobile Seats, CAOC Forum, Jan./Feb. 1999; The Learned Intermediary Doctrine in Fen-Phen Litigation, Fen-Phen Litigation Strategist, September 1998; Automotive Fuel System Crashworthiness Litigation, Trial, November 1996; Selection of Experts in Auto Crashworthiness Cases, Trial, May 1995; Roadway Design Litigation: Essential Statutory and Decisional Law, CTLA Forum, November 1994; Occupant Restraint System Litigation, CTLA Forum, October 1993; Product Liability Litigation: Discovery Relating to Other Products, Complaints, Injuries and Subsequent Conduct, Western State University Consumer Law Journal, 1992; Product Liability Litigation: Overcoming Defenses of Alteration, Misuse and Superseding Causes, CTLA Forum, April 1991; Pharmaceutical Litigation: Choosing Between MDL's and Coordinated State Litigation, CAOC FORUM (November, 2001); Reining in the Buckman Defense: Evidence of a Defendant's Misrepresentations to a Government Agency Is Admissible to Prove State Tort Claims, CAOC FORUM (July/Aughust, 2002); Selection of Experts in Auto Crashworthiness Cases, American Bar Association, THE BRIEF (Summer 2002); Post-Sale Duties to Warn, Recall and Retrofit Defective Products, Journal of Consumer Attorneys Associations for Southern California, ADVOCATE (July 2003). (Also at San Diego Office)