Admitted to Practice: 1984 California; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; U.S. District Court, Central District of California; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California.
Law School: University of San Diego School of Law, Summa Cum Laude, J.D. 1984.
College: University of California, Irvine, Magna Cum Laude, B.A. 1980.
Judicial Experience: Senior Research Attorney, Associate Justice Gilbert Nares, California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One (1989-1991); Research Attorney, Associate Justice Gerald Lewis, California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One (1984-1985).
Private Practice: Niddrie, Fish & Buchanan LLP, Partner, Appellate Litigation (2005); Niddrie & Fish LLP, Partner, Appellate Litigation (Jan. 2004); McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP (formerly McKenna & Cuneo), Partner, Appellate Litigation (1999-2004); Haskins, Nugent, Newnham, Kane & Zvetina, Associate and Partner, General Civil and Appellate Litigation (1985-89; 1991-99).