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Professional History 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Attorney in practice in California since 1974. Cal Bar No. 061564.
  • Four decades of experience in civil litigation
  • Jury trial experience in both state and federal courts
  • Argued cases in the California Court of Appeals and the State Supreme Court.
  • 3 years as arbitrator for Los Angeles Superior Court 

 

 

 

 

 

Experience and Expertise

  • Expertise in personal injury, government tort law and liability, dangerous conditions of public property, and contract law
  • Catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases
  • Specializing in complex highway and road litigation involving pedestrian and automobile accidents and injuries, highway design, maintenance, traffic and operations issues, insurance coverage and indemnification
  • Oversight and management of dangerous condition and road litigation
  • Participation in successful mediation of high exposure personal injury cases
  • Mediation training from Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law (Malibu)
  • Additional experience: declaratory relief and mandamus actions; police/civil rights litigation (42 USC 1983); and probate court proceedings

Legal Career

  •  Private solo practice since 2013
  • 36 years with the Office of Los Angeles County Counsel with focus last 20 years on civil litigation and government tort law representing the Defense.
  • 2 years in private practice as associate in Law Firm of Acret and Perrochet (Los Angeles) with focus on construction and surety law
  • J.D. Loyola University Los Angeles School of Law (1974)
  • B.A. University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana (1971)
  • Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution

                   Pepperdine University School of Law (Malibu)

                   Mediating the Litigated Case Training Program (2012)

Education

  • Member of California Bar # 061564 since 1974
  • Admitted to practice in the US District Court for the Central District of California
  • Member of the Southern California Mediation Association (2012)
  • Member of CAALA-Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles(2012)

Professional Memberships

  • Phi Beta Kappa Society (1970)
  • Graduated Summa Cum Laude in History University of Illinois
  • Commissioned to Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels (2007)

Achievements and Awards

Hobbies and Interests

  • Golf
  • History of the American Revolution
  • Favorite book: Atlas Shrugged

Locations

  •  All of California
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