Admitted
1983, District of Columbia; 1984, California, U.S. District Court, Central, Southern and Northern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1985, Washington
Law School
University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1983
Law School Graduation Year
1983
College
Boston University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1975; Oxford University, England, B.Phil, summa cum laude,
Memberships
Los Angeles County (Member, Federal Courts Committee, Appellate Subcommittee Chairperson), Washington State and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation, Toxic Torts) Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of California (Member, Continuing Education of the Bar Committee; Member, Antitrust Section); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Association of Business Trial Lawyers; California Trial Lawyers Association; The Oxford Society.
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Legislative Assistant to United States Senator Howell Heflin, 1979-1980. Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, 1983-1985. Elected Fellow and Member, Board of Directors: International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American Ditchley Advisory Counsel; American Bar Foundation. Elected Fellow, International Society of Barristers. Former Member, Board of Experts, Lawyer's Alert, Trial Practice and Procedure Expert, 1990. Adjunct Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law, 1988-1997. Elected Visiting Fellow, Oxford University, 1993. Elected Visiting Scholar, Cambridge University. Author: Case Assessment and Evaluation, (with Don Howarth), Callaghan Publishing Company, 1989; Using Economic Experts in Toxic Tort Litigation, (with Don Howarth), A.T.L.A., 1985; Rules Governing Demonstrative Evidence At Trial: A Practitioners Guide, (with Don Howarth and Mary LaCesa), Western State University Law Review, 1992; Landlord's Liability for Criminal Acts by Third Parties--A New Test, (with George T. Kliavkoff), Commercial Property Leasing Law and Strategy, 1994; Partnership Divorces: Principles and Pitfalls in Partnership Law, (with Don Howarth), Los Angeles Lawyer, 1994. President, L.A. West Inns of Court; Past Member, Board of Trustees, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Board of Trustees, University of Virginia School of Law; Board of Visitors, Pepperdine University School of Law; Board of Trustees, Viewpoint School; Board of Trustees, Malibu Labor Exchange. Board of Governors, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles.