Born:
- Baltimore, Maryland, March 15, 1948
Education:
- University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980)
- Southwestern University School of Law (J.D. cum laude, 1983)
Admissions:
- California, 1983
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1984
- District of Columbia, 1987
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1991
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1991
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2002
- U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2004
Member:
- State Bar of California
- The District of Columbia Bar
- Plaintiff Trial Team, 1991-1992, Ford Motor Company School Bus Crash, Carrollton, Kentucky, 1988
- Member of the Executive Committee of the Surfrider Foundation, Malibu Chapter
Honors:
- Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
- Who's Who in the World
- Who's Who in American Law
Published Cases:
- Motus v. Pfizer, Inc.
127 F.Supp.2d 1085 (C.D. Cal. 2000)
- Cartwright v. Pfizer, Inc.
369 F.Supp.2d 876 (E.D. Tex. 2005) - Zikis v. Pfizer, Inc.
Case No. 04 C 8104, 2005 WL 1126909 (N.D. Ill. 2005) - Witczak v. Pfizer, Inc.
377 F.Supp.2d 726 (D. Minn. 2005)
Practice Areas:
- Class Actions
- Complex and Multi-District Litigation
- Consumer Litigation
- Lender Liability
- Personal Injury
- Pharmaceutical Drug Liability
- Wrongful Death Law