Attorney Profile
Education
- Whittier College School of Law, Los Angeles, California
- J.D. - 1988
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: Member, Moot Court Honors Board
- Honors: Alumni Attorney of the Year Award, 2017
- Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
- B.B.A., Bachelor of Business Administration - 00/1985
Classes & Seminars
- Teaching Assistant, Whittier College School of Law, 1986 to 1988
Pro-Bono Activities
- International Federation Of Fertility Societies
- RESOLVE
- World IVF
- Parents Via Egg Donation, Board of Directors
- Founding Fellow of the International Surrogacy Forum
- National Association of Surrogate Mothers
- OPTS
- INCIID
- REI Nursing Congress, Member
Published Works
- Insurance Handbook for Business Litigators (Contributing Author), 1989
- CEB Civil Procedure Before Trial (Contributing Author), 1990
- Insurance Handbook for Business Litigators (Contributing Author), 1991
- Workplace Environment: Sexual Harassment, CC&F Legal Update, Winter, 1992
- Business & Professions Code Section 17200: California's Unfair Competition Law - Parts I & II, C&C Legal Update, Sum/Fall, 1992
- Sexual Harassment Increase in Claims Strike Fear in Employers, C&C Legal Update, Summer, 1993
Professional Associations
- Beverly Hills Bar Association, Member
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- State Bar of California, Member
- California Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Member
Practice Areas
- Reproductive Law
- Litigation
Bar Admissions
- California, 1988
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1988
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1988
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1988
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1988
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1988
Honors
- American Jurisprudence Awards in Torts, Criminal Law, Legal Process, Constitutional Law, Unfair Trade Practices and Remedies
- Corpus Juris Secundum Award
- Best Oral Advocate, Best Team, Whittier Moot Court
- Illumination Award, American Fertility Association (AFA)
- Fellow, American Academy of Associated Reproductive Technologies Attorneys (AAARTA)
Representative Cases
- David Copperfield vs. Butterfield & Butterfield
- Elizabeth Taylor vs. The National Enquirer
- Estate of Howard Hughes vs. Summa Corporation
- State of California in the People vs. Coastal Insurance lawsuit
- North River Insurance Company vs. American Home Assurance Company, 210 Cal. App. 3d 108, 1989