Admitted
1991, California; 1996, Oregon (inactive)
Law School
University of San Diego, J.D., cum laude, 1991
Law School Graduation Year
1991
College
University of California, B.A., 1987
Memberships
Contra Costa and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of California (Board of Governors, 1998—); Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors, 1997—; Executive Committee, 2002—); San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association; American Trial Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Remedies, 1991. Author: Overcoming Inadequate Insurance Coverage Through a Separate Loss of Consortium Claim, The Verdict, Fall, 1997; Health Care Providers, Hospitals & Insurers, Oh My! (Dealing with a variety of medical lien claimants in personal injury cases, or How the lien-claimants ate my clients recovery); New Ways to Cut Health Insurer Liens, Consumer Attorneys of California Forum Magazine, Spring, 2001. Lecturer for multiple organizations including: Consumer Attorneys of California; Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association; National Business Institute. Recipient: 2002 Legislative Champion Award, Consumer Attorneys of California; 2001 Presidential Award of Merit, Legislative, Consumer Attorneys of California; 2000 Presidential Award of Merit, Consumer Attorneys of California. Member, American Inns of Court, Contra Costa Chapter, 1998-1999.