Year Joined Organization

Areas of Practice

• Business & Commercial Law
• Business Organizations
• Contracts
• Landlord/Tenant
• Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• California, 1979
• Florida, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1983

Education

• University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California
  J.D.
  Law Review: Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, 1978 - 1979
  
  
• Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA
  MBA
  Major: Economics and Latin American Studies
  
  
• Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
  B.A.
  
  

Published Works

• Able Concrete Pump v. Covenant Mutual Insurance Company (N.D. Cal. 1984), 609 F. Supp. 27
• Price v. Price, Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies et al. (1987), 193 Cal. App. 3d 1536
• Kalfountzos v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company (1995), 37 Cal. App. 4th 1655
• "Mexico's Organic Law of Federal Public Administration", 1 Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 367
• "Foreign Laws Affecting Franchise Operations: Spain", Survey of Foreign Laws and Regulations Affecting International Franchising, Section of Antitrust Law
• Contributing author, "Discovery of Dishonesty Under a Fidelity Bond", Defense Research Institute Monograph, Vol. 1989, No. 2
• "Unsurety", article in October, 1997 Insurance Litigation magazine supplement to The Recorder

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, 1978 - 1979
  Executive Editor
  
  
• Tort and Insurance Law Journal, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association
  Past Member of Editorial Board