Admitted
1989, California, New Mexico, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico and Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Tenth Circuits
Law School
Hastings College of the Law, University of California, J.D,, 1988
Law School Graduation Year
1988
College
San Francisco State University, B.A., History, magna cum laude, 1985; San Francisco State University
Memberships
Fresno County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California; Association of Defense Counsel of Southern California.
Biographical
Author: Re-evaluating Expert Testimony Following the Recent Amendment To Evidence Code Section 721, 20 CEB Civil Litigation Reporter 49, March, 1998; Spoliation of Evidence in California: What's Left After the Supreme Court Decision in Cedars-Sinai v. Superior Court, 21 CEB Civil Litigation Reporter 7, February, 1999; Insurance Alert: Modifiers Beware! Kitplanes Magazine, April, 1999; The Death - And Rebirth - Of Fair Notice as a Requirement of Expert Exchanges Pursuant to C.C.P. Section 2034, California Litigation, May, 1999; Answers to the Ten Most Common Questions Asked by Physicians When They Are Sued, Vital Signs, August, 1999, reprinted, The Bulletin, October, 1999; Local Retainers Seek to Ban Petition Gathering on Premises, Fresno County Business Journal, August 16, 1999; Judgment Without Trial: The Story of a Physician Held Liable For Malpractice Without His Day in Court, California Physician, Fall, 1999, reprinted, Medical Economics, October 2000; Drawing the Line on Expert Witness Fees, California Lawyer, May, 2000; Minimizing an Employer's Liability Exposure for Workplace Violence, California Business Law Practitioner, Spring, 2000; The Standard of Care and the Emergency Department: Handling Malpractice Claims in California Under Health and Safety Code Section, 1799.10, ADC Defense Comment, Fall, 2000; Medical Malpractice Case Law in California: Recent Developments, 23 CEB Civil Litigation Rptr 6, February 2001; A Blow to Fair Notice of Expert Testimony at Trial, Los Angeles Lawyer, May 2001; Caveat Associate Counsel: Guidelines to Consider when Agreeing to Appear as Associate Counsel, San Francisco Lawyers, November 2001; Medical Malpractice Case Law in California: 2001 Developments, 24 CEB Civil Litigation Rptr 6, February 2002. Consultant, California Trial Objections, Heafey (CEB) (6th Ed., 1999). Judge, Pro Tem, Fresno County Superior Court, 1997—.