LEGAL AND OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

2004 - Present 

Private mediator

• Member - New Mexico First Judicial District Court's ADR panel
• Former Member - L.A. Superior Court mediation panels.
  
  
• Former Member - Orange County Superior Court mediation   panel
• Former Member - Kern County mediation panel.

Arbitrator 

• FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) Board of Arbitrators.

Adjunct Professor - Cal State Long Beach, Cal Poly Pomona (Hospitality Law)

Adjunct Professor - Santa Fe Community College (Art Law)

 

 

1997-2003   Financial Consultant, Smith Barney

 

1995-1997   Regulatory and litigation counsel; business manager, Ford Motor Co,

 

1991-1995   Litigation and preventive law counsel, General Electric Co.

 

1981-1991 Litigation partner and associate, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (formerly Pillsbury Madison & Sutro)

 

Member California Bar #99834

EDUCATION

1981   LL.M. University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law

 

1980   J.D. University of Cincinnati College of Law

 

1974   B.S. Purdue University (Chemistry)

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION EXPERIENCE

Mediated hundreds of civil cases in a broad range of areas including:

contract disputes, personal injury, assault, defamation, discrimination, partnership disputes, securities and investor matters, warranty, fraud, personal injury, product liability, homeowners association, real estate including foreclosure, insurance bad faith, subrogation, public works and utilities, intellectual property, legal malpractice, sexual molestation, construction and partnership/corporate dissolution. 

Served as an arbitrator and as chair on numerous arbitration panels in securities matters involving investors, underwriters and other industry members.

Past Co-Chair Litigation/ADR Section Pasadena Bar Association

Past President, Board of Directors, Inland Valleys Justice Center

Past Vice President, LA Mediators

Former Member, Southern California Mediation Association

Guest speaker and mediation instructor.  Contributor to the LA Daily Journal and other publications on mediation topics.