Admitted
1964, California, U.S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Ninth Circuits, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern and Central Districts of California, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Southern California, J.D., 1963; University of Southern California, LL.M., 1971
Law School Graduation Year
1971
College
University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., Psychology, 1960
Memberships
Santa Monica (Past Member, Legislative Committee), Los Angeles (Member, Local Government Committee) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Local Government, Anti-trust and Litigation Sections); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Board of Trial Advocates (Civil Trial Advocacy).
Biographical
Mediator, Los Angeles Superior Court. Author: After the Claim is Made, Conference at Risk Management Santa Monica, California, September 25, 1975; Commentary and Update On Inverse Condemnation of Air Easements, Real Estate in Midcentury Transition, Taxation and Trends, American Bar Association, 1974; Government Tort Reform In California, National Institute of Municipal Law Officers, Washington D.C., July 1978; Liability Insurance-Available Alternatives, City Attorney's Spring Meeting, Newport Beach, California, May, 1976; Look Out The Condominiums Are Coming Again, League of California Cities Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, 1973. Former: Clinical Professor, Municipal Law, Southwestern University School of Law; Adjunct Professor, Environmental Law, University of West Los Angeles; Instructor, Advanced Real Estate Law, El Camino College; Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles Municipal Court; Chairman, Office of Criminal Justice Planning Ad Hoc Committee, White Collar Crime and Consumer Affairs; Member, California Assembly Advisory Committee, Governmental Tort Reform; City Attorney, Santa Monica, California, 1971-1980; Senior Partner, Knickerbocker, Perry and Fichter, 1980-1985; Of Counsel Haberbush and Campbell, Long Beach, California. Member: Senior Deputy City Attorney and Civil Litigation Chief, Torrance, California; Million Dollar Advocates Forum for Multiple Verdicts in Excess of 1 Million Dollars. (Certified Specialist, Appellate Law The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization)