Admitted: 1982, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1986, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California
Law School: College of William & Mary, J.D.
Member: Los Angeles County, Orange County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of California; Consumer Attorney Association of Los Angeles; American Association for Justice; Public Justice.
Biography: Executive Editor for Professional Articles, William & Mary Law Review, 1980-1981. Author: "Sometimes Less is More: The Advantages of a Focused Approach to Life Insurance Class Action Litigation," Mealey's Bad Faith Litigation Report, Oct. 1999; "Title I of PURPA: The Effect of Federal Intrusion into Regulation of Public Utilities," 21 William & Mary Law Review 491, 1979. Panelist/Lecturer: "Class Actions: A New Frontier for Insurance Bad Faith," The Rutter Group's Shernoff Bad Faith Seminar, Oct. 1999; "First Party Bad Faith Cases," Rutter Group, 1993-2000. Former Editor and Frequent Author, California Attorneys of California Forum. Mediating the Litigated Case, Pepperdine Univ. School of Law, 2003. Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel, Los Angeles Superior Court, 2003 through present.
Born: Buffalo, New York, June 4, 1956