Admitted
1988, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1989, California, U.S. District Court, Southern, Central and Northern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Law School
University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., 1988
Law School Graduation Year
1988
College
Brown University, B.A., 1983
Memberships
Bar Association of San Francisco; San Diego County and Marin County Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Legislation Committee, Environmental Law Section, 1995-1998); Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association.
Biographical
Recipient, Sierra Club Special Achievement Award, 1992. Member, University of San Diego Law Review, 1986-1988. Legal Articles Editor, Motions (Law School Newspaper), 1987-1988. Law Clerk, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, San Francisco, 1987. Judicial Clerk to the Hon. Robert E. Cowen, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1988-1989. Author: Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing on Public Lands: At What Point Does NEPA Require the Preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement? 25 San Diego Law Review 160, 1988; Do No Harm, Los Angeles Daily Journal, August 7, 1995. Lecturer, Environmental Law, University of California-Hayward, 2001—. Associate: Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, 1989-1994; Cohen & Hubachek, 1994-1996. Panel Attorney, Appellate Defenders, Inc., 1994-2000.