Areas of Specialization:

• Bankruptcy Litigation for Creditors
• Bankruptcy Litigation for Debtors
• Business Litigation

Education:

• BA University of California, Los Angeles,1976
• JD University of California, Davis, School of Law 1979

Admitted to the bar: 1979

Admitted to practice:

• US District Court
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
• US Supreme Court

Reported Cases:

• In re Adeeb, 787 F.2d 1339 (9th Cir. 1986)
• In re Watson, 78 B.R. 232 (9th Cir. BAP 1987)
• Henkin v. Northrop Corp., 921 F.2d 864 (9th Cir. 1990)
• In re Hanson, 172 B.R. 67 (9th Cir. BAP 1994)
• In re Barakat, 173 B.R. 672 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1994), 99 F.3d 1520 (9th Cir. 1996)

Representative Clients:

• California Federal Bank (now Citibank)
  
• Life Bank
  
• Presidential Mortgage
  
• TOPA Savings Bank

Honors:

• Highest rating (AV) from Martindale Hubbell

Age: Born 1955