Admitted
1977, California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of San Francisco, J.D., magna cum laude, 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
Skidmore College, B.A., 1960
Biographical
Recipient: Attorney General's Award for Excellence in Legal Representation, 1989; National Association of Attorneys General Supreme Court Fellowship, 1993. Author, The Use of Legislative History in Statutory Interpretation Cases in the 1992 U.S. Supreme Court Term, 23 Southwestern University Law Review 47, 1993. Deputy Attorney General, 1977-1987. Supervising Deputy Attorney General, 1989-2001. Member: American Association of Public Welfare Attorneys, 1995-2001; California Professional Society on Child Abuse, 1997-2000; Public Attorneys For the Protection of Children, 1996-2000.