Education:
University of North Carolina (B.A. 1982, Phi Beta Kappa).
Duke University and University of North Carolina (J.D. 1985) .

Professional Affiliations:
Supreme Court of Virginia, 1986.
Supreme Court of California, 1988.
United States Supreme Court, 2006.
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia.
U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California.
American Bar Association.
Orange County Bar Association.

Practice Areas:
All phases of practice with emphasis on civil litigation, including cases involving governmental entities and public employees.

Reported Cases:
Mason v. County of Orange, 251 F.R.D. 562 (C.D. Cal. 2009).
McCown v. City of Fontana, 550 F.3d 918 (9th Cir. 2008).
Myers v. City of Hermosa Beach, 299 Fed. Appx. 744 (9th Cir. 2008).
Pompano v. City of Hermosa Beach, 274 Fed. Appx. 532 (9th Cir. 2008).
Stophlet v. County of Orange, 227 Fed. Appx. 669 (9th Cir. 2007).
Jacobs v. Rackauckas, 205 Fed. Appx. 498 (9th Cir. 2006).
Smith v. County of Orange, 197 Fed. Appx. 652 (9th Cir. 2006).
Bills v. City of Rialto, 157 Fed. Appx. 981 (9th Cir. 2005).
Fries v. Rush, 149 Fed. Appx. 664 (9th Cir. 2005).
Cox v. County of Orange, 144 Fed. Appx. 585 (9th Cir. 2005).
Hallstein v. City of Hermosa Beach, 87 Fed. Appx. 17 (9th Cir. 2003).
Ferrarini v. City of Glendora, 66 Fed.Appx. 726 (9th Cir. 2003).
Corbin v. County of Orange, 58 Fed. Appx. 369 (9th Cir. 2003).
Samuel v. State of California, 36 Fed. Appx. 607 (9th Cir. 2002).
Susag v. City of Lake Forest, 94 Cal. App. 4th 1401(2002).
Choate v. County of Orange, 86 Cal. App. 4th 312 (2000).
Speaker v. County of San Bernardino, 82 F.Supp.2d 1105 ( C. D. Cal. 2000).
Perkins v. City of West Covina, 167 F.3d 1286 (9th Cir. 1999).
Fukuda v. City of Angels, 20 Cal.4th 805 (1999).
County of Orange v. Super. Crt. of San Francisco, 73 Cal. App. 4th 1189 (1999).
Fukuda v. City of Angels, 63 Cal.App.4th 1426 (1998).
Soltero v. City of Compton, 129 F.3d 127 (9th Cir. 1997).
Perkins v. City of West Covina, 113 F.3d 1004 (9th Cir. 1996).
Quintanilla v. City of Downey, 84 F.3d 353 (9th Cir. 1996).
Jetton v. City of Downey, 86 F.3d 1162 (9th Cir. 1996).
Greenstreet v. County of San Bernardino, 41 F.3d 1306 (9th Cir. 1994).
Henriksen v. City of Rialto, 20 Cal. App. 4th 1612, 25 Cal.Rptr.2d 308 (1993).

Publications:
"Objections at Trial", Guide to Federal Litigation, (Mathew Bender 1993).

Other Professional Activities:
Managing attorney of Orange County office - 2005 to present.
Staff Assistant, Virginia Senator Wyatt B. Durrette, Richmond, Virginia (1985-1986).
Extern, North Carolina Congressman Walter B. Jones, Washington, D.C. (1979).
Extern, C-SPAN Congressional Cable Television Network, Washington, D.C. (1979).