Admitted
1977, Texas; 1978, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1979, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1987, California and U.S. District Court, Central Di
Law School
Yale University, J.D., 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
Fordham University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1974
Memberships
Orange County Bar Association.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Mu Gamma. Author: When a General Release Isn't a General Release: The Pitfalls of the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, 41 Orange County Lawyer 2, 1999. Adjunct Professor, Western State University College of Law, 1991-1995. Associate: Butler & Binion, Houston, Texas, 1977-1979; Mesirov Gelman Jaffe Cramer & Jamieson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1979-1981; Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Newport Beach, California, 1990-1995. Associate General Counsel, Subaru of America, Inc., 1981-1987. General Counsel, Daihatsu America, Inc., 1987-1989. Partner, Daehnke & Cruz, Costa Mesa, California, 1995-1997.