Admitted
1967, Missouri; 1969, California; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Washington University, J.D., 1967; University of Southern California, LL.M., 1968
Law School Graduation Year
1968
College
Brandeis University
Memberships
State Bar of California (Member, Appellate Courts Committee, 1978-1982; Chair, 1981-1982; Condemnation Committee, 1985-1988); California Academy of Appellate Lawyers (President, 1980-1981); American Academy of Appellate Lawyers (1997—); American College of Real Estate Lawyers, 1988—; Center for American and International Law (Member, Advisory Board, Municipal Legal Studies Center, 1989—).
Biographical
Research Assistant in Land Finance Law, Yale Law School Spring, 1968. Author: What are the Prospects for Reversal? California Civil Appellate Practice, 3d ed. 1996; Supreme Bait and Switch: The Ripeness Ruse in Regulatory Takings, Wash.U.J.L. & Policy 99, 200; Vindicating the Rights of Private Land Development in the Courts, 32 Urban Lawyer 941, 2000; Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council: Yes, Virginia, There Can Be Partial Takings, in ABA, Takings: Land-Development Conditions and Regulatory Takings After Dolan and Lucas, ch. 7, 1996; Property Owners Have Rights; Lower Courts Need to Protect Them, in ABA, Regulatory Takings After Lucas, ch. 2, 1993; Amortization as Just Compensation: If It Works for Billboards, Can Office Buildings Be Far Behind? Southwestern Legal Foundation Annual Institute on Planning, Zoning and Eminent Domain, ch. 7, 1992; The 'Ripeness' Mess in Federal Land Use Cases or How the Supreme Court Converted Federal Judges into Fruit Peddlers, Southwestern Legal Foundation Annual Institute on Planning, Zoning and Eminent Domain, ch. 7, 1991; Happy Birthday, Constitution: The Supreme Court Establishes New Ground Rules For Land Use Planning, 20 The Urban Lawyer 735, 1988; Airport Noise in the 1980s: It's Time for Airport Operators to Acknowledge the Injury They Inflict on Neighbors, Southwestern Legal Foundation Annual Institute on Planning, Zoning, and Eminent Domain, ch 10, 1987; Real Estate Developers' Linkage Fees: Reasonable Requirement or Extortion? 1 Probate and Property 8, 1987; Anarchy Reigns Supreme, 29 Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law 39, 1985; The State's Police Power Is Not (Yet) the Power of a Police State, 35 Land Use Law and Zoning Digest 5, p. 4, 1983; You Can't Win Them All - Or Can You? 54 California State Bar Journal 16, 1979; To Regulate or Not To Regulate - Is That the Question? Reflections on the Supposed Dilemma Between Environmental Protection and Private Property Rights, 8 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 253, 1975; Nobody Loves An A