Education:
B.A., California State University, Stanislaus, 1975
J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 1979

Admitted to Bar: December, 1979

Joined the Firm: December, 1979

Areas of Emphasis:
General civil litigation, including products liability and premises liability; experience in assertion of workers' compensation intervenors' claims, defense of complaints in intervention, resolution of workers' compensation liens, and defense of workers' compensation claims; defense of governmental entities.

Affiliations:
• Admitted to practice before all the courts of the state of California and the United
States District Court, Eastern District of California
• Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California (Board of Directors, 1996-2001
Editor, Association of Defense Counsel’s Defense Comment Magazine, 1999-2001
• Member, Stanislaus County Bar Association
• Approved Arbitrator, Stanislaus County

Community Involvement:
• California State University, Stanislaus, Foundation Board 1996 - 2005, (President of Foundation, 1997-1998)
• City of Modesto Citizens Redevelopment Advisory Committee
• Chair of City of Modesto Citizen's Redevelopment Agency’s Housing
Committee
• City of Modesto Housing Element Advisory Committee
• United Way Board of Directors (2001-Present); Executive Committee of Board
(2002-Present); Vice-President for Merger of Stanislaus Area and Tuolumne Calaveras County United Way