Attorney Profile

Areas of Practice

• Franchise Litigation
• Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith
• Business Litigation

Bar Admissions

• California, 1991
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1994
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1994
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1991

Education

• University of Southern California Law School, Los Angeles, California, 1991
  J.D.
  Law Review: University of Southern California Law Review, Executive Editor, 1990 - 1991
  
  
• University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 1983
  B.A.
  
  

Published Works

• "Anticipated Coverage Issues Arising from Securities Actions", 22 Sec. Reg. L.J. 162, Summer, 2005
• "'Le Francois' Targets Split Over Second-Shot Motions", L.A. Daily J. 7, Feb. 16, 2005

Representative Cases

• Marrie v. S.E.C., 374 F.3d 1196 (D.C. Cir. 2004)
• Haggerty v. Fed. Ins. Co., 32 Fed. Appx. 251 (9th Cir. 2002)

Honors and Awards

• Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Civil Procedure, 1988

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association Franchise Section, 2007 - 2008
  Member
  
  
• L.A. County Bar Referral, 2007 - 2008
  Panel Member
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, Special Counsel, 1994 - 2007
• Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, Associate, 1991 - 1994