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Visibility Rankings  | | #3,300 out of 20,529 lawyers in Los Angeles, California | | #125,695 out of 894,137 total lawyers Overall |
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| Practice Areas | Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures | | | Peer Review Rating | AV
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What's this? | | | Education | University of Southern California, J.D., 1980, Iowa State University, B.S., with distinction, 1977 | | | Admitted | 1980, California | |
| Born | Sioux City, Iowa | | | Biography | Phi Beta Kappa; The Order of the Coif. Co-Author: Chapter 7, "Liability Under Federal and State Securities Laws" and Chapter 14, "The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002," in Advising and Defending Corporate Directors and Officers, California Continuing Education of the Bar (1998, updated 2007); The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and its Aftermath, 18 CEB Cal Bus L Practitioner (Summer 2003). Contributor, Guide to Organizing and Operating a Limited Liability Company in California, Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Organizations Committee, Business Law Section, State Bar of California, 1995. | | | ISLN | 903754314 | | | Transactions | Nasdaq-listed biotechnology company in S-4 registration statement relating to stock-for-stock merger with OTCBB company; Nasdaq-listed biotechnology company in PIPE transactions totaling more than $70 million; Nasdaq-listed bank holding company in $20 million trust preferred securities offering; Nasdaq-listed biotechnology company in registered spin-off of subsidiary; AMEX-listed theater operator and real estate company in acquisition of 14 theaters and theater-related assets; NYSE-listed manufacturing company in solicitation of bids for the company and subsequent sale to private equity firm; privately held diversified company in purchase of assets of privately held natural beef brands; privately held entertainment industry company in sale of the company to private equity firm; continuing education of board of directors of one of nation's largest agricultural cooperatives; senior executive management group of Southern California "big box" retail company in sale of company to one of nation's largest private equity firms; board of directors of one of nation's largest public utility holding companies in connection with California's energy crisis; special board committee of one of nation's largest radio "rep" companies in responding to unsolicited buyout offer from a so-called vulture fund; conflicts committee and audit committee, respectively, of Fortune 100 software company in sale of assets to a related party and unrelated internal corporate investigation; senior executive management group of one of nation's largest grocery chains in parent company's bankruptcy reorganization and subsequent sale of chain to private buyout firm; senior executive management group of one of nation's largest distributors of herbal supplements in going-private transaction; senior executive management group of privately held structured finance investment company in sale of company to private equity firm. | |
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