Admitted
1978, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1979, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of California; 2000, United States Supreme Court
Law School
Duke University, J.D., 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
Davidson College, B.A., 1974; Pacific School of Religion
Memberships
Bar Association of San Francisco; Contra Costa County and American (Member, Sections on: Antitrust; Litigation; Torts and Insurance Practice; Chair, Life Insurance Law Committee, 2001-2002; Vice-Chair, Committee on Health and Disability Insurance Law, 1990-1999; Life Insurance Law, 1998-2000; Chair, 2000-2001, ABA TIPS Annual Meeting Program Committee; Member, TIPS AIDS Task Force) Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute.
Biographical
Omicron Delta Kappa. Author: Risk Assessment and Disaster Avoidance in Bad Faith Litigation, October, 1992, Defense Research Institute Seminar; AIDS-Related Issues Affecting the Life, Health and Disability Insurance Industry, June 1994, ABA National Institute AIDS and the Law; Prevention and Management of Agent Misconduct Litigation, 1994 Annual Meeting, International Claims Association; Misleading Sales Presentations and Policy Replacements; A Litigator's Perspective, ABA Torts and Insurance Practice Seminar, January, 1995; Strategies for Insurers in Colonial Life Discovery, Spring 1999 DRI Life, Health & Disability Insurance Quarterly Report. Co-Author: California Insurance Bad Faith Litigation, Lorman CLE Publications, February, 2000. Editorial Board, Insurance Litigation Reporter, 2001—.