Admitted
1973, California; 1974, District of Columbia; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court; 1991, New York
Law School
Duke University, J.D., with distinction, 1973
Law School Graduation Year
1973
College
Union College, B.A., 1970
Memberships
Association of Business Trial Lawyers; American Inns of Court; Federal Bar Association.
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to The Hon. Irving Hill, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1973-1974. Co-author (with William S. Dato), Legislating on a False Foundation: The Erroneous Academic Underpinnings of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, 33 San Diego Law Review 959 (1996). Co-editor, California Federal Court Practice (2000, 2001 editions). Adjunct Professor of Law, Duke University, 2002.