Admitted
1976, California, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California and U.S. Court of the Armed Forces
Law School
California Western School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
University of Arizona; College of Sequoias; San Francisco State University, B.A., 1968; U.S. Marine
Memberships
Kings County (President, 1987) and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of California; American Board of Trial Advocates; Association of Business Trial Lawyers of San Joaquin Valley (Member, Board of Governors); Consumer Attorneys of California; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Biographical
Courses taken: U.S. Naval Justice School Lawyer Course, 1976; U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Military Judge Course, honor graduate, 1978; Law of War Course, 1979; U.S. Naval Justice School Trial Advocacy Instructor Certification Course, 1990. Member, Veterans Advisory Group for the 17th Congressional District, 1997—. Chair, Creditor's Committee, Fruit of the Loom Bankruptcy, 2000—. Past Memberships: Military Academy Review Board for the 17th Congressional District, 1991-1994; Kings and Tulare County Judicial Selection Advisory Board, 1996-1998; Board of Trustees California Western School of Law, 1992-1995. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)
Military
Commissioned 2nd Lt., USMC, 1968; Col. (Ret.), USMC, Active Duty, 1968-1981, Reserve Duty, 1981-1998