Professional Experience

Member: Staff Writer, California Western Law Review, 1987-1989. Lead Articles Editor, California Western Law Review, 1987-1988. Executive Member, California Western Advocacy Honors Board, 1988-1989.Competitor, Roger J. Traynor Moot Court Competition, 1988.

Education

State University of New York at Albany (B.S. Economics, 1985); California Western School of Law (J.D. Magna Cum Laude, 1989).

Professional Associations

Member: California State Bar (Litigation, Labor and Employment law and Business law sections); New York State ( Products Liability, Torts and Insurance, Construction and Trial Lawyers sections); Los Angeles County Bar Association ( Litigation, Labor and Employment law and Business law sections); Orange County Bar Association (Insurance law, Construction law and Product Liability sections); Professional Liability Underwriting Society; Defense Research Institute (Insurance law, Construction law, Product Liability and Professional Liability sections); California Building Industry Association.

Admitted to Practice

Admitted to bar 1989, California, U.S. District Court Southern District of California; 1990, New York, U.S. District Court Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2003, U.S. District Courts, Central and Northern Districts of California; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California.

Areas of Practice

Representation of contractors, subcontractors, owners and developers; defense of architects and engineers, directors and officers, agents and brokers; EPL defense litigation; representation of insurers in the preparation of coverage and analysis at both the primary and excess levels; coverage and bad faith defense litigation; subrogation and insurance recovery litigation.