St. Mary's College of California; B.A. 1973
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Student Body President
De La Salle Medal (Academic Excellence)
Milliken Award (Student Affairs)
University of California Hastings College of Law; J.D. 1976
Litigation, trial, arbitration and mediation of civil cases including catastrophic injury, product liability, medical malpractice, premises liability, automobile negligence, wrongful death and traumatic brain injury claims.
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December 2005 - The Rutter Group, Personal Injury Update. Panelist (San Francisco, Newport Beach)
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November 2005 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Program Director, West Coast Advocacy Teacher Training, University of San Francisco School of Law.
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October 2005 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program (San Diego)
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July 2005 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Team Leader, National Trial Skills Program. (Louisville, Colorado)
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June 2005 - San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Presentation. Speaker: “The Scientific, Artistic and Efficient Use of a Trial Lawyer’s Most Basic Weapon: Cross-Examination”
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May 2005 - American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) “Masters in Trial – Ultimate Trial Notebook.”. Lecturer: Direct and Cross-Examination. (San Francisco)
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May 2005 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Southwest Regional Trial Skills Program (University of New Mexico School of Law – Albuquerque, NM)
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May 2005 - Microsoft Corporation Advocacy Academy. Faculty Member (Seattle, WA)
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April 2005 - University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. Presenter: “Medical Liability Reform – Is MICRA Fair?” (San Francisco)
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February 2005 - Public Interest Law Group Advocacy Trial. Faculty Member, USF Kendrick School of Law (San Francisco)
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January 2005 - California Continuing Education of the Bar’s 20th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: “Recent Developments in Torts” (San Francisco, Sacramento)
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December 2004 - The Rutter Group, Personal Injury Update. Panelist (Newport Beach)
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December 2004 - ABA/CEELI Advocacy Training. Program Leader (Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia)
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October 2004 - 54th Annual Meeting, American Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Guest Speaker: “Medical Liability”
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October 2004 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program. (San Diego)
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July 2004 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, National Trial Skills Program. (Louisville, Colorado)
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July 2004 - University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. Panelist: “Evidence Based Medicine and Risk Management” (San Francisco)
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May 2004 - Emory University Kessler-Eidson Trial Techniques Program. Team Leader. (Atlanta, Georgia)
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May 2004 - University of San Francisco, Kendrick Hall School of Law, Intensive Advocacy Program. Lecturer: “Closing Argument” (San Francisco)
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January 2004 - California Continuing Education of the Bar’s 19th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: “Recent Developments in Torts” (San Francisco, Sacramento)
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December 2003 - Association of Defense Counsel 44th Annual Meeting. Speaker: “California’s All New Plain-English Civil Jury Instructions” (San Francisco)
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November 2003 - San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Presentation. Speaker: “From BAJI to CACI – Using the New Jury Instructions to Your Advantage”
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November 2003 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Program Director, West Coast Advocacy Teacher Training, University of San Francisco School of Law.
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September 2003 - Northern Ireland Advocacy Working Party and NITA, U.K. Faculty Member, Solicitors Advanced Advocacy Training, Queens College, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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May 2003 - University of San Francisco Intensive Advocacy Program. Lecturer: “Making a Convincing Closing Argument” (Kendrick Hall Law School, San Francisco)
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March 2003 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Harvard University Teacher Training (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
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February 2003 - Association of Defense Counsel. Speaker: “The Judicial Counsel’s Jury Instructions – Are You Prepared?” (San Francisco)
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February 2003 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Native American Tribal Court Skills Program (National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada)
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January 2003 - California Continuing Education of the Bar’s 18th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: “Recent Developments in Torts” (San Francisco, Sacramento)
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January 2003 - The American Board of Trial Advocates, in conjunction with ABOTA National Meeting. “Masters in Trial, Direct Examination Demonstration” (San Francisco)
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November 2002 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Director/Faculty Member: West Coast Teacher Training (San Francisco)
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October 2002 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program (San Diego)
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July 2002 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, National Session Trial Skills Program (University of Colorado School of Law – (Boulder, Colorado)
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May 2002 - University of San Francisco Intensive Advocacy Program. Lecturer: “Final Argument” (San Francisco)
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January 2002 - California Continuing Education of the Bar’s 17th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: “Recent Developments in Torts” (San Francisco, Sacramento)
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November 2001 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Director, West Coast Teacher Training Program, University of San Francisco Law School (San Francisco)
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October 2001 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program (San Diego)
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September 2001 - San Francisco Trial Lawyers Continuing Legal Education Symposium. Lecturer: “Dealing With Hospital and Health Plan Liens” (San Francisco)
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July 2001 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, National Session Advocacy Training (University of Colorado School of Law - Boulder, Colorado)
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May 2001 - American Bar Association Section of Litigation Annual Meeting. Participant: “Mauet and the Masters” (The Phoenician - Scottsdale, Arizona)
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May 2001 - Bar Association of San Francisco Litigation Section M.C.L.E. Seminar. Moderator: “Maximizing Client Participation at Mediation” (San Francisco)
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February 2001 - San Francisco Trial Lawyers Continuing Education Program. Presenter: “Direct & Cross Examination of Experts” (San Francisco)
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January 2001 - California Continuing Education of the Bar’s 16th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: “Recent Developments in Torts” (San Francisco, Sacramento)
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October 2000 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program (San Diego)
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July 2000 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, National Session Trial Skills Program (University of Colorado, School of Law, Boulder, Colorado)
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May 2000 - Kessler-Eidson Trial Techniques Program. Faculty Member, Emory University School of Law (Atlanta, Georgia)
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July 1999 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program (San Diego)
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June 1999 - San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Continuing Legal Education Seminar. Presenter: “Identifying and Evaluating the Automobile Product Liability Case” (San Francisco)
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May 1999 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member Southwest Regional Trial Skills Program (University of New Mexico School of Law - Albuquerque, New Mexico)
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March 1999 - Consumer Attorneys of California. Lecturer: “Handling Personal Consumption Issues in Wrongful Death Cases” (33rd Annual Lake Tahoe Seminar)
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January 1999 - California Continuing Education of the Bar’s 14th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: “Recent Developments in Torts” (San Francisco, Sacramento)
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June 1998 - Lecturer: “Standard of Care” presented to Surgical Grand Rounds at U.C.S.F./Mt. Zion Hospital (sponsored by U.C.S.F./Mt. Zion Risk Management).
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May 1998 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Southwest Regional Program (University of New Mexico - Albuquerque, N.M.)
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April 1998 - Emory University Trial Techniques Program. Faculty Member (Atlanta, GA)
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March 1998 - Consumer Attorneys of California 33rd Annual Tahoe Seminar. Moderator: “Creative Approaches to Economic Losses”
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January 1998 - California Continuing Education of the Bar’s 13th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: “Recent Developments in Torts” (San Francisco, Sacramento, Yosemite)
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November 1997 - Panelist: “Trying the Wrongful Death Case in California” presented by National Business Institute (Oakland)
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November 1997 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member: Western Deposition Skills Program (Golden Gate University School of Law - San Francisco)
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January 1997 - California Continuing Education of the Bar’s 12th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: “Recent Developments in Torts” (San Francisco, Sacramento)
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December 1996 - Consumer Attorneys of California, Continuing Legal Education Seminar. Featured Speaker: "Proposition 213: Constitutionality and Applicability" (San Francisco)
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October 1996 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member: "Deposition Skills Program" (San Francisco)
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July 1996 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Skills Program (San Diego)
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June 1996 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, National Session (University of Colorado, School of Law - Boulder, Colorado)
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May 1996 - Kaiser Permanente Risk Management Symposium, Medical Malpractice Risk From the Trial Lawyers Perspective. Panelist: "Managing Unexpected Patient Care Outcomes" (Emeryville, California)
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January 1996 - California Continuing Education of the Bar’s 11th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: “Recent Developments in Torts” (San Francisco, Sacramento)
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December 1995 - State Bar of California, Litigation Section. Teaching Video: "Civility in the Practice & Avoidance of Gender Bias" (San Francisco)
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October 1995 - Attorneys Information Exchange Group, Auto Focus '95 Seminar. "Discovery, Experts, Exhibits and Defenses in Occupant Restraint Cases" (presented with Daniel Dell'Osso) (Phoenix, Arizona)
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September 1995 - San Francisco Trial Lawyer Association's Auto Seminar. "Handling Biomechanical and Occupant Restraint Issues in Automobile Cases" (San Francisco)
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July 1995 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Session (San Diego)
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June 1995 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, National Session (University of Colorado Law School - Boulder, Colorado)
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April 1995 - Consumer Attorneys of California. Moderator: "Premises Liability: Preparing and Proving the Case" (30th Annual Lake Tahoe C.L.E. Seminar)
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January 1995 - California Continuing Education of the Bar’s 10th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: “Recent Developments in Torts” (San Francisco, Sacramento, Yosemite)
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July 1994 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Session (San Diego)
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June 1994 - California Continuing Education of the Bar. Program Director: "Handling Product Liability Cases" (San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose)
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March 1994 - Bar Association of San Francisco. Speaker: "Avoidance of Legal Malpractice in a Personal Injury Practice" (San Francisco)
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January 1994 - California Continuing Education of the Bar’s 9th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: “Recent Developments in Torts” (San Francisco, Sacramento, Yosemite)
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December 1993 - San Francisco Trial Lawyer's Association. Panelist: "Legal Ethics - Making Your Way Through the Maze of Every Day Practice"
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July 1993 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Session (San Diego)
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June 1993 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Western Regional Session (Boalt Hall, Berkeley)
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May 1993 - California Continuing Education of the Bar. Participant/Lecturer: "Coping With Liens in Personal Injury Cases" (San Francisco 5/8/93; Sacramento 5/4 and 5/6/93)
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March 1993 - Bancroft Whitney/San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Program: "Low Speed Collision Accident Reconstruction and Biomechanics" (Speaker with Lawrence Kern, Esq. and L. Elson, Ph.D.)
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February 1993 - E.J. McFetridge American Inn of Court Legal Ethics Presenter: "Use and Abuse of the Media in Litigation"
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January 1993 - California Continuing Education of the Bar’s 8th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: “Recent Developments in Torts” (San Francisco, Sacramento, Yosemite)
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November 1992 - California Trial Lawyers Association’s 31st Annual Convention. Speaker: "Arguing the Slip and Fall Case" (San Francisco)
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October 1992 - Los Angeles Trial Lawyers 11th Annual Las Vegas Convention. Presenter: "Evaluation of the Premises Liability Case; Should You Accept It?"
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July 1992 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Trial Advocacy Program (San Diego)
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June 1992 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Western Regional Trial Advocacy Program (Boalt Hall, Berkeley)
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March 1992 - Bancroft-Whitney/San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association/Continuing Education of the Bar Program. Speaker: "Handling the Seat Belt, Biomechanical and Comparative Negligence Issues" (San Francisco)
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January 1992 - State Bar of California Litigation Section Demonstration Program. Participant: "Everything You Need to Know About Depositions" (San Francisco)
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January 1992 - California Continuing Education of the Bar’s 7th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: “Recent Developments in Torts” (San Francisco, Sacramento, Yosemite)
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November 1991 - California Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention. Lecturer: "Evaluation and Settlement: Maximizing the Bottom Line" (San Francisco)
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October 1991 - Bancroft-Whitney/San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association/Continuing Education Program. Panelist: "Evaluation and Settlement" (San Francisco)
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September 1991 - Bancroft-Whitney/San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Program. Presenter: "Taking Depositions" (San Francisco)
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September 1991 - Bar Association of San Francisco. Panelist: "Taking and Defending Depositions" (San Francisco)
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November 1990 - California Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention. Lecturer: "Preparing for and Conducting Depositions of Medical Experts" (LaJolla, California)
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September 1990 - 7th Annual C.T.L.A. Advocacy College. Speaker: "Preparing the Experts, the Plaintiff and the Trial” (San Francisco)
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June 1990 - National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Western Regional Advocacy Course (Boalt Hall, Berkeley)
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April 1990 - California Continuing Education of the Bar, Product Liability Trial Practice Institute. Panelist: "Understanding and Utilizing Government Involvement in Product Liability Claims" (Los Angeles, San Francisco)
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January 1990 - California Continuing Education of the Bar’s 5th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: “Recent Developments in Torts” (San Francisco, Sacramento, Yosemite)
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March 1989 - Practicing Law Institute, Western Region Symposium. Presenter: "Preparation and Trial of a Toxic Spill Case" (San Francisco)
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January 1989 - California Continuing Education of the Bar’s 4th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: “Recent Developments in Torts” (San Francisco, Sacramento, Yosemite)
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November 1989 - California Trial Lawyers Association, Annual Convention. Lecturer: "Recognizing and Resolving Third Party Liens" (San Francisco)
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January 1988 - California Continuing Education of the Bar’s 3rd Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: “Recent Developments in Torts” (San Francisco, Sacramento, Yosemite)
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November 1987 - California Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention. Lecturer: "Recent Developments in Products Liability Law (Newport Beach, California)
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January 1987 - California Continuing Education of the Bar’s 2nd Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: “Recent Developments in Torts” (San Francisco, Sacramento, Yosemite)
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October 1985 - California Continuing Education of the Bar. Panelist: "Use and Abuse of Interrogatories" (San Francisco, San Rafael)
