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Visibility Rankings  | | #1 out of 875 lawyers in Santa Barbara, California | | #2,846 out of 890,538 total lawyers Overall |
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| Practice Areas | Criminal Defense, State and Federal; Business and Securities Offenses; Homicide; Complex Civil Litigation | | | Peer Review Rating | AV
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What's this? | | | Education | University of California School of Law at Los Angeles, J.D., 1973, University of California at Santa Barbara, B.A., 1970 | | | Admitted | 1973, California; 1974, U.S. District Court, Northern, Central, Eastern and Southern Districts of California; 1975, U.S. Tax Court; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1997, U.S District Court, District of Arizona; 1998, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit | |
| Memberships | Santa Barbara County (Member, Board of Directors, 1977; Chairperson, Criminal Law Section, 1978-1979; 1981; 1986-1988), Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Santa Barbara Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Co-Chair, 1994-1995); Santa Barbara Women Lawyers; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (1976—); California Public Defenders Association (1977—); William L. Gordon, Inn of Court (Master, 2000—). | | | Born | Arlington, Virginia, January 7, 1949 | | | Biography | Contributor to American Bar Association Journal, The Federal Lawyer, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice Forum, and Santa Barbara County Bar Association Quibbler. Author: Article, "Comparison of the Illinois Commission Report on Capital Punishment with the Capital Punishment System in California," 44 Santa Clara University Law Review, Issue I, 2003. Adjunct Professor of Law, Santa Barbara College of Law, Civil Procedure, 1975-1976. Board of Directors, American Civil Liberties Union, Santa Barbara Chapter (President, 1987-1989, 1991-1993). Recipient: California State Bar Board of Governors' Award for Pro Bono Services, 1982; Bill of Rights Award, American Civil Liberties Union, Santa Barbara Chapter, 1994; Santa Barbara Criminal Defense Bar Association Order of the Reasonable Doubt, 1993. Board Member, Death Penalty Focus of California, 1999—.(Certified Specialist, Criminal Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization) | | | ISLN | 904048528 | |
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