Admitted
1991, California; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Law School
University of San Diego, J.D., 1991
Law School Graduation Year
1991
College
San Diego State University, B.S, with departmental honors, 1988
Memberships
Los Angeles County (Member, In Re Rezulin, Federal MDL No. 1348, Plaintiffs' Science and Expert Committee; In Re Baycol, California JCCP 4217 and 4223, Plaintiffs' Science and Expert Committee; In Re Phenylpropanolamine (PPA), Federal MDL No. 1407, Plaintiffs' Discovery Committee), Orange County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of California; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; California Trial Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Participant, American Board of Trial Advocates, Trial School, 1997. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Products Liability and Creditors Remedies. Judicial Extern, Honorable Patricia Benke, Fourth District Court of Appeals, Division One, 1991. Law Clerk, Casey, Gerry, Casey, Westbrook, Reed and Hughes, 1989-1991 (specializing in products liability). Associate, Gilbert, Kelly, Crowley & Jennett, 1992-1996 (specializing in personal injury). Senior Associate, Carroll, Kelly, Trotter, Franzen & McKenna, 1996-2000 (specializing in medical malpractice). Author: Baycol: Another Ill-Fated Drug Removed from the Market, ADVOCATE, Journal of Consumer Attorneys Associations for Southern California, April/May 2002; Lecturer: Rezulin: Proving the Silent Injury Case, ATLA Mid-Winter Convention, Maui, Hawaii, 2003.