Law School
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, J.D., 1970
Law School Graduation Year
1970
College
University of Southern California, B.A., 1967
Memberships
Los Angeles County (Member: Federal Courts Coordinating Committee, 2001—; Executive Board, Criminal Justice Section, 1997-2001; Committee on Federal Courts, 1988-2001; Executive Committee, White Collar Defense, 1991-1997; Federal Appointments Evaluation, 1989-1993; Chair, Criminal Practice Subcommittee, 1989-1990), Federal (Member, Executive Board, Los Angeles Chapter, 1998—) and American (Member: Governing Council, Criminal Justice Section, 2002—; Task Force on Implementation of Section 307 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 2002-2003; Nominating Committee for Criminal Justice Section Council Members and Officers, 2000-2001; Criminal Litigation Committee, 1989—; Chair, 2000-2002 and Vice Chair, 1998-2000, National White Collar Crime Committee; Co-Chair, National Securities Fraud Subcommittee, 1994-1998; Chair, 1996-1998 and Vice-Chair, 1994-1996, West Coast Regional White Collar Crime Committee; Chair, Task Force on the Status of the Attorney-Client Relationship Post-Enron, 2003) Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Chancery Club.
Biographical
Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, 1983—; Who's Who in American Law, 1991—; Who's Who in America, 1993—; Euromoney Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Litigation Lawyers, 2003; Euromoney Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading White Collar Crime Lawyers, 1995-2002; Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 1996—; Law Business Research's An International Who's Who of Business Crime Lawyers, 1997—; Mondaq's Guide to the World's Leading White Collar Crime Advisors, 2001—. Law Clerk to the Hon. Francis C. Whelan, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1970-1971. Assistant U.S. Attorney: Criminal Division, 1971-1976; Fraud and Special Prosecutions Section, 1974-1976, Los Angeles, California. Counsel, Independent Christopher Commission study of the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991. Deputy General Counsel to Hon. William H. Webster, Special Advisor to the Los Angeles Police Commission for the investigation into LAPD's response to urban disorders, 1992. Member, District Attorney's Advisory Committee, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1994-1995. Member, Standing Committee on Attorney Discipline, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1997-2002. Deputy General Counsel, Rampart Independent Review Panel for the Los Angeles Police Commission's investigation into police corruption, 2000-2001. Member, Rampart After-Action Assessment Panel, 2003. Member, Board of Advisors, Money Laundering, Terrorism, and Financial Institutions, Civic Research Institute, 2002. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, DOJ Alert, 1994- 1996. Member, Board of Directors, Friends of Child Advocates, 1987-1991. Member, Board of Directors, Inner City Law Center, 1993-2002.