Born:
- Clinton, Oklahoma, April 10, 1952
Education:
- University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., summa cum laude, 1982)
- University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law (J.D., 1985)
Admissions:
- California, 1985
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1986
- US District Court, Eastern District of California, 1989
- US District Court, Northern District of California, 1989
- US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1990
- US District Court, Western District of Michigan, 1991
- US Supreme Court, 1991
- District of Columbia, 1993
- US District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1993
- US Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1996
- US District Court, Northern District of New York, 1996
- US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1997
Member:
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State Bar of California
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The District of Columbia Bar
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Bar Association of the District of Columbia
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Consumer Attorneys of California
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Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
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Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, MDL 817, United Airlines Crash, Sioux City, Iowa, 1989
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Trial Team Member, 1991-1992, United Airlines Crash, Sioux City, Iowa: Member, 1989
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Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, MDL 891, Northwest Airlines Crash, Detroit, 1990
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Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, MDL 1041, USAir 1016 Aircrash of Charlotte, North Carolina, 1994
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Trial Team Member, 1997, USAir 1016 Aircrash of Charlotte, North Carolina, 1994
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Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, Illinois State Court Proceedings for USAir 427 Aircrash near Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, 1994
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Lead Counsel for 125 Consolidated Complex Biological-Medical Products Liability Cases, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1997-2001
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Trial Team Member, Consolidated Hemophilia-AIDS Cases, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1999
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Member, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, MDL-1574, Paxil Products Liability Litigation
Governmental Testimony:
- Taiwan’s Ministry of Health emergency meeting regarding hemophilia HIV contaminated medication, February 18, 2004
Honors:
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Listed, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
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Who's Who in the World
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Who's Who in America
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Who's Who in American Law
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Aviation Counsel Magazine's List of Recommended High Flyers, believed by the International Air Transport Association's Legal Dept. to be one of the most elite lists of aviation law practitioners ever produced
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National Air Disaster Foundation Safety Award, 2002
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Southern California Super Lawyer 2005
Practice Areas:
- Airline Crash Litigation
- Aviation Accidents
- Class Actions
- Complex and Multi-District Litigation
- Mass Disaster Litigation
- Personal Injury Law
- Pharmaceutical Drug Liability
- Product Liability
- Railroad Accidents and Injuries
- Wrongful Death Law