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Judge of the Superior Court (Retired)
Phone: 310.472.2151
Fax: 310.471.3601
Judicial Experience | Educational & Military Background | Law Practice; Academic Experience
ADR Experience | Area of Service | Fees
Superior Court judge, 1966-85; Municipal Court judge, 1963-66; Superior Court commissioner, 1961-63. In Superior Court served as Supervising Judge, Law Departments; Supervising Judge, Criminal Division; Presiding Judge, Writs & Receivers; 15 years in trials; three assignments as temporary associate justice, Court of Appeal; panelist, Commission on Judicial Performance; Supreme Court, reference in capital case; private judge since 1985.
USC, 1942-43; U.S. Army, 1943-44; U.S. Military Academy,West Point, N.Y., 1944-47, B.S.; U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, 1947-50; USC Law School,1950-53, J.D., Editor-in-Chief, Law Review; Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi.
Private practice in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, 1953-61; Lecturer, USC Law School, 1962-63, Sales and Wills; Adjunct Professor, Loyola Law School, 1970-1984, California Criminal Practice and Advanced Criminal Procedure.
Private dispute resolution since January 1985, including arbitrations, mediations, trials as temporary judge, U.S. District Court master, and general referee; special references including discovery. Nature of cases includes insurance coverage, medical and legal malpractice, construction defect, personal injury, entertainment, employment. Member and panelist, American Arbitration Association, since 1985; CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution since 1988.
All Southern California counties routinely; other areas by special arrangement.
Available on request.
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