Admitted
1976, California; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court; 1984, District of Columbia
Law School
University of California, Hastings College of Law, J.D., 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
Dartmouth College, A.B., magna cum laude, 1970; California State University, Sacramento, M.P.A., 197
Memberships
State Bar of California (Member: Committee to Confer with the California Medical Association, 1980-1982; Sections on: Environment; Litigation; Real Property); The District of Columbia Bar (Member, Sections on: Environment, Energy and Natural Resources; Litigation; Administrative Law); Federal Bar Association (Chairman, General Counsel Section, 1985-1987; Member, Sections on: Administrative Law; Energy, Environment and Natural Resources; Federal Litigation); Christian Legal Society (Member, Board of Litigation); Mountain States Legal Foundation (Member, 1990—).
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Editorial Review Board, Hasting Law Journal. Recipient, Daniel Webster National Scholarship. Author: Protecting the Privacy of the Absent Patient: Rudnick v. Superior Court, 27 Hastings Law Journal 99, 1976; Managing National Resource Damage Assessment, in Oil Spills: Management and Legislative Implications, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990. Solicitor, 1985-1989; Counselor, 1989-1990, U.S. Department of the Interior. Acting Assistant Attorney General, 1984-1985; Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 1982-1984, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel. Member, Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, 1982-1985. Law Clerk, The Hon. George A. Brown, Presiding Justice, California Court of Appeals, Fifth Appellate District, Fresno, California, 1976-1977. Extern, The Hon. William P. Clark, Jr., Associate Justice, California Supreme Court, San Francisco, California, 1976. Staff Assistant, Governor Ronald Reagan, 1971-1973. Member, Board of Litigation, Water Resources Committee, California Chamber of Commerce, 1990—. Member: Border Environmental Plan, Presidential Advisory Committee, 1991-1992; Western Water Policy Review Commission, 1993-1996. California Secretary of State Voter Task Force, 1995. Chairman, Board of Managers, West Valley Family YMCA, 1996—.