Bar/Professional Activity:

• Board of Governors, Inland Empire Chapter of California Trial Lawyers Assn., 1977
• President, San Bernardino-Riverside Chapter of ABOTA, 2003
• Governing Board, Union Internationale des Avocats, 2012
• President, Tort Commission, Union Internationale des Avocats, 2012

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Mayor, City of Loma Linda, California, 1970
• American Red Cross, Board San Bernardino Chapter, 1974
• Chairman of the Board, Loma Linda University Church, 1974
• Board of Directors, Inland Congregations United for Change, 1997
• Board of Trustees, Ronald McDonald House Loma Linda, 1999
• Board of Trustees, Loma Linda Adventist Health Sciences Center, 2001
• Board of Trustees, Loma Linda University, 2001

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• 2007, 2008 Series of lectures on the avoidance of medical negligence issues leading to litigation for medical malpractice.  Las Vegas, NV; Orlando, FL; and San Diego, CA., Speaker, How to Avoid Malpractice in E.R. & Family Medicine Pracices
• Presentation in the Tort Commission of the UIA at Geneva Switzerland, covering standard of care issues from a Plaintiff's perspective in medical negligence litigation in the United States., Speaker, Standard of Medical Care in Medical Malpractice Litigation, Union Internationale Des Avocats, 2004
• Presentation at the Tort Commission at the Annual Congress of the UIA in Fez, Morocco introducing a variety of demonstrative evidence approaches in support of a tort claim., Speaker, Demonstrative Evidence to Support the Plaintiff's Claims in Tort Litigation, Union Internationale Des Avocats, 2005
• Presentation in the Tort Commission at the Annual Congress of UIA, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil on the criteria for determining if a new tort case should be undertaken., Speaker, The New Case - Should I Handle It?, Union Internationale Des Avocats, 2006
• Visiting Faculty, Herzen University, Faculty of Management, St Petersburg, Russia.  March 3 -25, 2007, Lecturer, Pharmaceutical Business: Organizational Framework, Risks and Liabilities - Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Herzen University, 2007
• Presentation in the Tort Commission at the Annual Congress of UIA in Bucharest, Romania on the decision making process in selecting experts in tort litigation in the United States., Speaker, Choosing an Expert: Dirty Hands or Manicured Fingernails, Union Internationale Des Avocats, 2008
• Part of a panel of lawyers and judges discussing developments in and the practice of civil litigation in California., Speaker, Civil Law Symposium - The Perspective of the Plaintiff's Lawyer, San Bernardino County Bar Association, 2008
• Presentation in the Tort Commission at the UIA Annual Congress, Seville, Spain on the use of Tort Litigation to seek damages for conduct of others that trample or intrude on basic human rights., Speaker, Advancement of Human Rights and Attacking Intolerance Through Tort Litigation, Union Internationale Des Avocats, 2009
• Presentation in the Tort Commission at the Annual Congress of UIA in Istanbul, Turkey on ADR in the United States and in comparison with the emerging use of Mediation in Switzerland, Italy and Czech Republic, Speaker, Arbitration/Mediation in Tort Disputes (Resolution of Matters Outside of Formal Court Proceedings/Trial), Union Internationale Des Avocats, 2010
• Presentation for the Commission on Global Warming of the UIA, "predicting" the outcome and work of COP in Cancun, Mexico in 2010., Speaker, Insurance Coverage for Environmental Events and Expectations for the Outcome of COP Mexico, 2010., Union Internationale Des Avocats, 2010
• Presentation at the Commission on Human Rights, UIA, Istanbul, Turkey on the rights of the accused in the United States as provided by the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights and the Supreme Court's extending of the right of Habeas Corpus to detainees at GUantanamo Bay., Speaker, Rights of the Arrested in the United States and in Particular of Foreign National Imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Union Internationale Des Avocats, 2010

Verdicts and Settlements:

• $2,042,000.00 Verdict in burn case, 1978
• $110,000,000.00 total settlement in toxic tort case after unanimous plaintiff's verdict., 1994
• $5,500,000.00 settlement: Automotive Product Liability, 1999
• $13,000,000.00 settlement in auto v. auto product defect/personal injury case., 2004
• $2,115,000.00 settlement car v. senior citizens transport bus., 2004
• $1,540,000.00 settlement of boat v. boat accident., 2005
• $4,000,000.00 settlement during trial in truck v. auto case., 2006
• $3,350,000.00 verdict in auto v auto case., 2007
• $1,050,00.00 settlement of Elder Abuse case., 2008
• $1,000,000.00 policy limits settlement in truck v. motorcycle case., 2008
• $6,000,000.00 settlement in truck v. auto case., 2010
• $3,150,000 setttlement of machine tool product liability case against Chinese manufacturer on third day of trial., 2011
• $1,300,000.00 settlement for policy limits of car v. motorcycle wrongful death/personal injury case., 2011

Educational Background:

• B.A. in History, La Sierra College, California, 1962
• J.D. - University of Southern California School of Law, 1965