Practice Areas - Personal Injury
- Products Liability
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| University | United States International University, B.A., 1971 |
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| Law School | California Western School of Law, J.D., 1974 |
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| Admitted | 1974, California and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, Nebraska, 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
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| Memberships | San Diego County Bar Association (Chairman: Criminal Justice Committee, 1984; Juvenile Law Committee, 1983-1988); North San Diego County Bar Association (President, Board of Directors, 2009; Member, Board of Directors, 2005-2009; Co-Chairman, Personal Injury Section, 2002; Chairman, Personal Injury Section, 2004); State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of San Diego; Consumer Attorneys of California; American Association for Justice (Officer, Bicycle Litigation Committee); American Bar Association (Member, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section; Chair, Task Force on Plaintiff's Involvement; Member, Continuing Legal Education). |
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| Born | Burbank, California, September 2, 1949 |
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| Biography | Peer Selected as San Diego County (Personal Injury) "Top Attorney," San Diego Daily Transcripts, 2009. Listed, Top 5% of Personal Injury Attorneys, San Diego Super Lawyers Magazine, 2009, 2010. Recipient, Environmental Law Award, Sierra Club, San Diego Chapter, 1996. Author: "Toxic Torts and Equitable Indemnification," Trial Bar News, Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, Vol. 15, Issue 1, January 1992, Reprinted in California Trial Lawyers Forum, Vol. 22, No. 4, May 1992; "Asbestos In Buildings: What to Do?," 1991 San Diego County Office & Business Parks Guide, San Diego Building Owners & Managers Association, Inc. and Greater San Diego Chamber of Commerce, 1991; "Representing the Innocent Mother in Child Sexual Abuse Case," Trial Bar News, Vol. 9, Issue, 1986; "Preparation for Cross Exam of the Child in Sexual Abuse Case," Trial Bar News, Vol. 8, Issue 9, November-December 1985; "Motion to set aside Information," California Defender, Vol. 2, No. 3, 1988. Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, Trial Advocacy and Criminal Clinic, University of San Diego Law School, 1986-1988. Adjunct Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law, 2001, 2003, 2004—. Chairman and Member, San Diego County Juvenile Justice Commission, 1983-1988. Protem Judge, Juvenile Court, 1982-1988. Arbitrator, San Diego Superior Court, 1985-2006. |
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| Reported Cases | City of San Diego v. U.S. Gypsum, 30 Cal.App. 4th 575 (1994). |
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| ISLN | 904512920 |
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