Admitted
1978, California; 1979, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of California
Law School
University of Southern California, J.D., 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
Occidental College, B.A., summa cum laude, 1963; Harvard University, M.A., English, 1968; Harvard Un
Memberships
Los Angeles County and San Fernando Valley Bar Associations; State Bar of California.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Hale Moot Court Program. Recipient: Woodrow Wilson Fellowship; Danforth Graduate Fellowship; Honorary Harvard Graduate Prize Fellowship. Finalist, Marshall Fellowship. Nominee, Rhodes Scholar. Author: Remedies For Discovery Abuse: A Practical View, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1985, revised and updated, 1988; Your Liability Insurance Policy: How to Use A Valuable Asset, and Mediation: Some Basic Questions and Answers, Associated Builders and Contractors Merit News, 1996; Put An Attorney Clause in This Contract, Associated Builders and Contractors Merit News, 1996; Case Closed: When Is a Settlement Agreement Enforceable? The Los Angeles Daily Journal, May, 1996. Consultant, California Construction Disputes, 1992 and Mechanic's Liens, 1993, California Continuing Education of the Bar. Lecturer: Compelling, Enforcing and Opposing Discovery in State Court, 1985, 1988, 1991, Summary Judgments, 1987, Written Discovery, 1989, Fundamentals of Civil Trial Practice, 1997, 1999, Law and Motion Advocacy Skills, 1998, Handling Dispositive Motions, 2000, California Continuing Education of the Bar; How to Litigate Efficiently and Effectively, Credit Managers Association, 1994; Credit Management and Debt Collection: How to Make More and Spend Less, Associated Builders and Contractors of Southern California and Roofers' Association of Southern California, 1996, 1997; Managing the Successful Construction Project, 2002; California Construction Issues, 2000, 2001, 2002 and Enforcement of Judgments, 2001, 2002, Lorman Educational Services. Instructor, Torts, Los Angeles Valley College, Paralegal Program, 1996. Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles County Municipal Court, 1989. Prosecutor, State Bar of California, 1980. Member: Arbitration Panel, Contractor's State Licensing Board/Arbitration and Mediation International/Arbitration Works, 1996—; Arbitration Panel, Kaiser Permanente of Southern California, 1999—. Member, Legal Advisory Committee, Associated General Contractors of Ca