Born:
- Washington, D.C., September 6, 1948
Education:
- Los Angeles Harbor College (A.A., 1968)
- California State University at Long Beach (B.A., cum laude, 1971)
- University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California (J.D., 1975)
- Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law (1973)
Admissions:
- California, 1975
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1975
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1979
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1993
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, 1996
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1997
Member:
- State Bar of California
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Lead Plaintiffs' Counsel for the Coordinated Discovery Cases, Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 accident, Burbank, California, 2000
Legal Teaching Position:
- Adjunct Professor of Law, University of West Los Angeles School of Law (1986-1997)
Lectures/Speeches:
- "Successful Handling of Wrongful Death Cases in California," Lorman Education Services, August 2001 and January 2002
Honors:
- Listed, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
- Who's Who in America
- Who's Who in American Law
- National Air Disaster Foundation Safety Award, 2002
- Southern California Super Lawyer 2005
Published Cases:
- Penner v. Falk
153 Cal. App. 3d 858, 200 Cal. Rptr. 661 (1984) - Geffen v. County of Los Angeles
197 Cal. App. 3d 188, 242 Cal. Rptr. 492 (1987) - Cheng v. United Airlines, Inc.
1995 WL 42157 (N.D. Ill. 1995) reconsideration denied by Cheng v. United Airlines, Inc. 1995 WL 314575 (N.D. Ill. 1995) - In re Air Crash Off Point Mugu, California, on January 30, 2000
145 F.Supp.2d 1156 (N.D.Cal., 2001) - McCoy v. Southwest Airlines Co., Inc.
211 F.R.D. 381 (C.D.Cal., 2002) - McCoy v. Southwest Airlines Co., Inc.
208 F.R.D. 617 (C.D.Cal. 2002)
Practice Areas:
- Aviation Accidents
- Catastrophic Injury
- Complex and Multi-District Litigation
- Cruise Ship Accidents
- Maritime Tort Law
- Mass Disaster Litigation
- Product Liability
- Railroad Accidents
- School Bus Accidents
- Wrongful Death Law