University Attended:
Cornell University, College of Arts & Sciences, B.A., Government, 1984
Law School Attended:
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1988
Year of First Admission:
1988
Admission:
1989, New York; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1999, California; 2000, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1989, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
Memberships:
American Association for Justice; State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of California, San Francisco Trial Lawyer's Association
Reported Cases:
Dizon v. Superior Court of Marin County, 2012 WL 1758987 (Cal. 1st Dist. 2012)
Johnson v. Avient, Ltd., 2011 WL 2847419 (D.Minn. 2011)
Javier v. Philippine Airlines, Inc., 2010 WL 1689861 (N.D.Cal. 2010)
Zhang Guimei v. General Elec. Co., 2009 WL 475785 (Cal. App. 2009)
In re Air Crash Near Peixoto De Azeveda, Brazil, on September 29, 2006, 574 F.Supp.2d 272 (E.D.N.Y. 2008)
In re West Caribbean Airways, S.A., 619 F.Supp.2d 1299 (S.D.Fla. 2007)
In re Air Crash at Lexington, KY, August 27, 2006, 501 F.Supp.2d 902 (E.D. Ky. 2007)
In re West Caribbean Airways, S.A., 2007 WL 5559325 (S.D. Fla. 2007)
Blazevska v. Raytheon Aircraft Co., 2006 WL 1310455 (N.D. Cal. 2006)
Durham v. Lockheed Martin Corp., 445 F.3d 1247 (9 th Cir. 2006)
Grahn v. Exxon Mobil Corp., 2006 WL 3262555 (Cal. App. 2006)
Goodwin v. Metalclad Insulation Corp., 2006 WL 772009 (Cal. App. 2006)
Rodgers v. Sargent Controls & Aerospace, 136 Cal. App.4th 82 (Cal. App. 2006)
Johnson v. Cahill Contractors, Inc., 2005 WL 941440 (Cal. App. 2005)
Wells v. Rockwell Automation, Inc., 2005 WL 388724 (Cal. App. 2005)
Hartford v. Atlas Turner, Inc., 2005 WL 1422336 (N.D. Cal. 2005)
John v. Union Carbide Corp., 2004 WL 2137678 (Cal. App. 2004)
Grahn v. Exxon Mobil Corp., 2004 WL 2075571 (Cal. App. 2004)
Frieman v. San Rafael Rock Quarry, Inc., 116 Cal. App.4th 29 (Cal. App. 2004)
Baker v. Asbestos Defendants (BP), Textron, Inc., 2004 WL 2196814 (N.D. Cal. 2004)
Pooshs v. Altria Group, Inc., 331 F.Supp.2d 1089 (N.D. Cal. 2004)
Durham v. Lockheed Martin Corp., 2003 WL 25739368 (N.D. Cal. 2003)
Mitchell v. Asbestos Defendants, 2003 WL 22309452 (N.D. Cal. 2003)
Anesthesia Care Associates Medical Group, Inc. v. Blue Cross of California, 2002 WL 484662 (Cal. Superior 2002)
Washington Mutual Bank v. Superior Court, 95 Cal. App. 4th 606 (Cal. App. 2002)
Rein v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, 162 F.3d 748 (2d Cir. 1998)
Rennie v. Omniflight Helicopters, Inc., 165 F.3d 19 (4th Cir. 1998)
Lam v. Aeroflot Russian Intern. Airlines, 999 F. Supp. 728 (S.D.N.Y. 1998)
Goldsmith v. Learjet, Inc., 1997 WL 86328 (D. Kan. 1997)
Zavaglia v. Gardner, 666 N.Y.S.2d 671 (N.Y.A.D. 1997)
Balsam v. Delma Engineering Corp., 90 N.Y.2d 966 (N.Y. 1997)
Goldsmith v. Learjet, Inc., 260 Kan. 176, 917 P.2d 810 (Kan. 1996)
Alter v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., 944 F.Supp. 531 (S.D. Tex. 1996)
Goldsmith v. Learjet, Inc., 90 F.3d 1490 (10th Cir. 1996)
Raab v. Laboz, 641 N.Y.S.2d 400 (N.Y.A.D. 1996)
Harrell v. Champlain Enterprises Inc., 634 N.Y.S.2d 880 (N.Y.A.D. 1995)
Whitener v. Firwood Inv. Co., 1995 WL 544772 (Oh. App. 1995)
Harrell v. Champlain Enterprises Inc., 613 N.Y.S.2d 1002 (N.Y.A.D. 1994)
Automobile Ins. Co. of Hartford v. Klein, 613 N.Y.S.2d 663 (N.Y.A.D. 1994)
Shaffer v. Maier, 68 Ohio St.3d 416, 627 N.E.2d 986 (Ohio 1994)
In re Air Disaster at Lockerbie Scotland on Dec. 21, 1988, 37 F.3d 804 (2d Cir. 1994)
In re Air Crash Disaster at Lockerbie Scotland on December 21, 1988, 1994 WL 25773 (2d Cir. 1994)
Charash v. Oberlin College, 14 F.3d 291 (6th Cir. 1994)
U.S. ex rel. Kreindler & Kreindler v. United Technologies Corp., 985 F.2d 1148 (2d Cir. 1993)
Sulewski v. Federal Exp. Corp., 933 F.2d 180 (2d Cir. 1991)
