Admitted
1976, California and District of Columbia; 1990, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Law School
Stanford University, J.D., 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
University of Rochester, B.A., Political Science, History, with highest distinction, 1972
Memberships
Bar Association of San Francisco; Alameda County Bar Association; California Public Defenders Association (Legislative Chair 1985-1986); California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (Member, Board of Governors, 1989-1994; 1996—).
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient, Scott Paper Company Leadership Award, 1970-1972. Supervising Research Attorney, Chief Justice Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court, 1977-1980. Legislative Chair, 1983-1986 and Member, Alameda County Public Defenders Association, 1981-1988. Selected by Judges of U.S. District Court, Northern District of California as Lawyer Representative to U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2001—.