Admitted: 1986, California; 1988, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1990, U.S. District Court, Central District of California.

Law School: Western State University College of Law, J.D., 1983.

College: Claremont McKenna College, B.S., Economics, 1979.

Member: Santa Barbara County Bar Association, State Bar of California, Consumer Attorneys Association of California, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles.

Born: Garden City, Kansas, September 23, 1956.