Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., with distinction 1985); Hastings College of Law, University of California (J.D. 1988). Member of Hastings International and Comparative Law Review. Phi Delta Phi.
Professional: Admitted to the Bar in California 1988; U.S. District Court for the Central, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of California 1989; U.S. Supreme Court 1992. Author: “Settlement Offers Under C.C.P. Section 998 Determining the More Favorable Judgment” Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal, Vol. 26, No. 2, p. 77, Spring, 1992; “Who Is Liable For Trust Fund Taxes In Bankruptcy?” The Management Gazette, Vol. VI, No. 1, P.1, Winter/Spring, 1993; “Recent Cases Read Homestead Exemption Laws Differently” Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals, 1993.
Memberships: California, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations.