Education:
Orange Coast College; University of California, Irvine.
Western State University College of Law (B.S., 1985; J.D., 1987).
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Book Award for Wills.

Professional Affiliations:
Supreme Court of the State of California, 1989.
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
U.S. District Court, Central and Eastern Districts of California.
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana.
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas.
Association of Southern California Defense Counsel.

Professional Experience:
1989 – 1996, Associate, Steering & Seidenberg.
1996 – 2001, Associate, Lynberg & Watkins.
2002 – Present, Member, Lynberg & Watkins.

Practice Areas:
Insurance coverage and litigation relating to toxic, environmental and other exposures; insurance coverage relating to construction defect and advertising injury claims; defense of architects, engineers and related disciplines; defense of bodily injury mold exposure claims; defense of product liability claims; defense of employment discrimination claims; business disputes; intellectual property; civil litigation through trial and appeal. Conducted approximately 20 jury and bench trials.

Reported Cases:
People v. Mark Edwin Taylor (1992) 6 Cal. App. 4th 1084.

Seminars:
Additional Insureds in Construction Defect Litigation.
Indemnity Agreements and Contractual Liability.
Basics of Mold Litigation Practice.
Welding Rod Fume Litigation.

Other Professional Activities:
Chairman of Lynberg & Watkins MCLE Committee.