Areas of Practice
- Business, Real Property and Employment Litigation and Mediation
Litigation Percentage
- 50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation and 50% to Mediation
Bar Admissions
- California, 1978
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1979
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California
J.D. - 1978 Law Journal: Industrial Relations Law Journal, Editorial Board, 1977 - 1978
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Ph.D. - 1975 Major: English
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
M.A. - 1968 Major: English
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
B.A. cum laude - 1966 Honors: With Departmental Honors Major: English
Professional Associations and Memberships
- San Jose Center for Poetry & Literature, President, 1990 - 1992
- California State Bar Association, Member
- Santa Clara County Bar Association, Member
- National Lawyers Guild, Former Member
Pro Bono Activities
- Mediation Panel U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 2003 - 2016
- Arbitration & Settlement Judge Panels, Santa Clara County Superior Court, 1989 - 2005
- Civil Early Settlement Conference Neutral, Santa Clara County Superior Court, 2008 - Present
Languages
- English, Italian