Practice devoted solely to representation of injured workers before the Workers'Compensation Appeals Board and the Appellate Courts of the State of California.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Supreme Court of the State of California, November 1978; United States District Court, Northern District of California, November 1978;

United States of Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, April 1980; State Bar of California, Workers' Compensation Section; Santa Clara County Bar Association

EDUCATION

J.D., Lincoln University Law School, 1978; B.A., University of Illinois, 1972

ORGANIZATIONS

Executive Committee, Workers' Compensation Section, State Bar of California; California Applicant's Attorney's Association; Bay Area Lawyers Network, San Jose; South Bay Industrial Claims Association, President 2000

South Bay Industrial Claims Association, Legal Consultant 1998-1999; South Bay Industrial Claims Association, Membership Chair, 1997-98;

California Workers' Compensation Defense Attorneys Association, Vice President

(1/1/00 to 5/1/00); California Compensation Defense Attorneys Association, President 1999;

California Compensation Defense Attorneys Association, President Elect 1998; California Compensation Defense Attorneys Association, Vice President 1997;California Compensation Defense Attorneys Association, Board of Directors 1996

TEACHING POSITION

University of Santa Clara, Institute for Paralegal Education, Instructor 1984-1985

PUBLICATIONS

Limits on Judicial Discretion after the Mandatory Settlement Conference,

"Workers' Compensation Quarterly", Workers' Compensation Section, State Bar of California (Fall, 1999)