Admitted
1975, California; 1980, District of Columbia; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, J.D., 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
Pacific Union College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1970
Memberships
Los Angeles County (Member, Federal Courts Committee; Chair, Criminal Practice Subcommittee, 1991-1993) and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Member, Executive Committee, Criminal Law Section, 1992-1995; Chair, Federal Courts Subcommittee, 1992-1995); The District of Columbia Bar.
Biographical
Member, Ecology Law Quarterly, 1973-1975. Member, Moot Court Board, 1973-1975. Trial and Appellate Attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1976-1979. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, Central District of California, 1979-1982. Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1999—. Contributing Editor, California Practice Handbook: Pretrial Disposition (Matthew Bender & Co.), 1993. Adjunct Associate Professor, Southwestern University School of Law, 1990-1993. Deputy General Counsel to Hon. William H. Webster, Special Advisor to the Los Angeles Police Commission, 1992.