Special Licenses/Certifications:

• "Certified Specialist" in Civil Trial Advocacy by The National Board of Trial Advocacy

Bar/Professional Activity:

• MEMBERSHIPS: Los Angeles County Bar Association; Special Committee of the Bench and Bar on Discovery, 1978-79; Law and Discovery Subcommittee, 1979-80; Superior Court Committee, 1979-1980; State Courts Committee, 1989; Judiciary Committee, 1989; Orange County Bar Association; American Bar Association; Torts and Insurance Practice - Special Committee on Excess, Surplus Lines and Reinsurance - 1983, 1989; State Bar of California; Defense Research Institute; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocacy; Robert A. Banyard Inn of Court; The Litigation Counsel Of America
• ADMITTED TO PRACTICE: State Bar of California - 1969; U.S. District Court, Central and Northern -1969; U.S. District Court, Eastern - 1985; U.S. District Court, Southern - 2003; U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit - 1977; U.S. Supreme Court - 1977.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• SERVICE: American Arbitration Association Panel of Arbitrators; Los Angeles Superior Court Panel of Arbitrators; Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge Pro Tem (1981 - 82); Orange County Superior Court Judge Pro Tem (1985 - Present); Los Angeles Superior Court Joint Association Settlement Officer (1998 - Present).

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• LECTURER: California Continuing Education of the Bar; "How to Handle a Motor Vehicle Case" 1978; "How to Prepare a Case for Trial" 1979; "Punitive Damages" 1981; "Negotiating Settlements in Personal Injury Litigation" 1981; "Calculating and Proving Damages in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases" 1985; "Negotiating Settlements in Personal Injury Litigation" 1986; Defense Research Institute; "Industry-wide Litigation" 1980; "Insurance Settlements and their Ramifications" 1980; Southern California Defense Counsel; "Primary and Excess Carriers' Duties" 1980; Underwriting Executive Conference; "Strict Liability and Jurisdiction in California" 1978; Guaranty National Insurance Company; "Strict Liability in California" 1980; "California Bad Faith Law" 1981; Occidental/Wilshire Insurance Company; "California Bad Faith Law" 1983; North American Reinsurance - California Claims Seminar; "California Claims Practice" 1980; Asbestos Litigation Defense Counsel; "Plaintiffs's Theories"; "Medical Causation" 1979; United Pacific/Reliance Insurance Company Supervisor Training Course; "California Law" 1978; "Conditional Guarantees and Structured Settlements" 1979; "California Bad Faith" 1984; "California Good Faith" 1985; United Pacific LIfe Insurance Company; "Extra Contractual Damage" 1981; San Francisco Trial Lawyers; "Case Evaluation" 1982; California Trial Lawyers; "Packaging Your Case for Early Settlement" 1983; Central Claims Executive Association; "California Good Faith" 1985; Pacific Claims Executive Association; "Cumis Developments" 1985; Craig Hospital; "Management of Catastrophic Injuries" 1988; National Business Institute; "Determining, Proving and Limiting Damages" 1989; "Trying the Wrongful Death Case in California" 1997; Robert A. Banyard Inn of Court; "Trial Practice" 1994-1995; Pacific Claims Executive Association; "Violence in the Workplace" 1995; American Board of Trial Advocates Masters of Trial "Ultimate Trial Notebook" 1996; Orange County Trial Lawyers Association; "The Ultimate Guide to Auto Cases" 1996; National Business Institute; "Trying the Wrongful Death Case in Califoria" 1997; Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters; All Industry Day 2000; Reinsurance Arbitration 2002.

Educational Background:

• California State University at Fullerton, B.A., 1963
• Pepperdine University, J.D., 1968
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Post Graduate Course "Scientific Basis for Evaluation of Occupational and Environment Asbestos Disease", 1979