Mediator Resume

Arbitrator, Mediator, Referee, Retired Judge

Independent Neutral, 2023-Present; Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge, 1995-2023, 2003 - 2005, Assistant Supervising Judge, Felony Criminal Courts; Judge, Pasadena Municipal Court, 1992 – 1995, Presiding Judge 1994 - 1995; Of Counsel, Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, 1987 – 1992; Deputy District Attorney, 1972 – 1987.

Over 50 years of legal experience, handling numerous high profile civil and criminal cases both as a judge and a lawyer. For the last 18 years presided over an unlimited jurisdiction, direct calendar civil court in the Mosk Courthouse, handling bench and jury trials, discovery and law and motion for complex business and commercial litigation, including real estate, personal injury, elder abuse, medical malpractice, products liability, intellectual property, civil rights, entertainment, and employment cases including FEHA, class actions, wage and hour, Labor Code violations and wrongful termination. Significant cases include Sargon Enterprises vs. USC, (2012) 55 Cal. 4th 747, dealing with expert witness testimony.

University of Southern California (BA - 1970; JD - 1972).

Admitted to the Bar: California (1972); United States District Court: Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts (1991), Central District (1988); United States Court of Appeals: Ninth Circuit (1991); United States Supreme Court (1991).

Hourly Rate: Not provided Daily Rate: $15,000.00 Study Rate: $1,500.00/hr Cancellation: $15,000.00/Day Cancellation Period: 45 Days Comment:

English

United States of America

Los Angeles, California