Member at the firm Knickerbocker Law Corporation P.C.
Areas of Practice
Trial Practice; Appellate Practice; Business Law; Civil Rights; Real Estate; Employment Law; Medical Malpractice; White Collar Crime; Bankruptcy Litigation
Admitted
1964, California, U.S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Ninth Circuits, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern and Central Districts of California, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Southern California (J.D., 1963; LL.M., 1971)
College
University of California at Los Angeles, B.A., Psychology, 1960
Membership
Santa Monica, Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Local Government, Real Estate and Litigation Sections; Former Member, Committee on Administration of Justice); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Biography
Author: "After the Claim is Made," Conference at Risk Management Santa Monica, California, September 25, 1975; "Commentary and Update On Inverse Condemnation of Air Easements, Real Estate in Midcentury Transition, Taxation and Trends," American Bar Association, 1974; "Government Tort Reform In California," National Institute of Municipal Law Officers, Washington D.C., July 1978; "Liability Insurance-Available Alternatives," City Attorney's Spring Meeting, Newport Beach, California, May 1976; "Look Out The Condominiums Are Coming Again," League of California Cities Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, 1973. Former: Clinical Professor, Municipal Law, Southwestern University School of Law; Adjunct Professor, Environmental Law, University of West Los Angeles; Instructor, Advanced Real Estate Law, El Camino College; Instruction, Business of Law, Santa Monica College. Lecturer, Continuing Education of the Bar Lecturer Real Estate Law on Governmental Approvals in the Subdivision Process, Commercial Leases and Mechanic's Liens. Former: City Attorney and City Prosecutor, City of Santa Monica; Deputy and Senior Deputy City Attorney, City of Torrance; Advisor, Planning Commission and Civil Service Commission and Chief of Civil Litigation; Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles Superior Court; Chairman, Office of Criminal Justice Planning Ad Hoc Committee, White Collar Crime and Consumer Affairs; Member, California Assembly Advisory Committee, Governmental Tort Reform; Delegate to State Bar. Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum for Multiple Verdicts in Excess of 1 Million Dollars.
Reported Cases
Santa Monica Airport Ass'n v. City of Santa Monica, 481 F. Supp. 927, Aff. 659 F 2d. 100; Regents of the University of California v. Bradford, 225 Cal. App. 3d, 972 (1990); Citizens v. Rancho Palos Verdes, 155 Cal. App. 3d, 225 (1984); Jaoude v. British Airways, 228 Cal.App. 3d. 1137 (1991); American Association of Women, et al. v. Board of Trustees of California State University, (1959) 31 Cal. App. 4th 702; South Bay Building v. Riviera Lend-lease (1999), 72 Cal.App. 4th 111; Mathieu v. Norrell Corp. 115 Cal. App. 4th 1174, 10 Cal. Rptr.3d 52 (Cal.App. 2 Dist., 2004); In re Marriage of Geraci, 144 Cal. App. 4th 1278 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006); Shin v. Ahn, 141 Cal. App. 4th 726 (Cal. Sup. Ct.).
Born
Santa Monica, California, May 13, 1938
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