Admitted
1975, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Southwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 1969
Memberships
Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (Past President and Member, Board of Directors).
Biographical
Member, Southwestern University Law Review, 1974-1975. Author: Broker Abuse: Recovering For Your Client, Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Advocate (1993); Take it or Leave it: Case Evaluation and Retention, Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (1995); Recognizing and Evaluating Stockbroker Liability, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Convention (1995); The Brave New World of Banks Selling Securities; Offline and Online, Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (1996); Recognizing and Guarding Against Fiduciary Abuse, National Guardianship Association Annual Convention (1996); Stockbrokerage Firm Liability; A Pre-Litigation Analysis, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Advocate (1996), reprinted in the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association Advocate (January 1997); Control Person Liability in the Securities Industry, A Legal Overview and Practical Applications, Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (1997); Liability of Control Persons at Second Tier Firms, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (1997); Why Shouldn't Clearing Firms be Liable, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (1998); Clearing Firm Liability: A Forward Looking Analysis, Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (1998); Motion Practice in Securities Arbitration: A Claimant's Point of View, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (1999); Selective Rescission and the Offset Defense in Securities Cases: A Survey of the Law, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2000); After the Correction: Are Your Losses Recoverable? American Pathology Foundation (2001); 2001: An Update on Best Execution and Suitability Standards for Online Trading, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2001); Arbitration: Can it be Waived? Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (2002); Comments of the Claimant's Bar on Proposed Changes in the Expungement Process, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (2002). Most Recently Published: D