Location:

• 255 E. Temple Street, Suite 1660 / Courtroom 1668 
  Los Angeles, CA 90012
• Chambers: (213) 894-6091
  Courtroom Deputy: (213) 894-3687
  Court Recorder Contact: (213) 894-7202

Appointment(s):

• Appointed to the Court in 1974 by the Judges of the District Court;
• Reappointed 08/27/86 and 08/27/00 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (Current term expires 08/26/14.)
• Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, 03/88-12/01; Chief Judge, 09/99-12/01;
• Chief Judge, Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, 2003-2006.

Education:

• University of California at Los Angeles, B.S., 1962 (engineering); J.D., 1966.

Other Government Service:

• 1966-67, U. S. Treasury Department;
• 1967-70, Los Angeles County Public Defender;
• 1970-74, Assistant U. S. Attorney, U. S. Department of Justice.

Publications and Other Media:

• Bankruptcy Evidence Manual, West Publishing Co., since 1987, new edition published annually.

Awards:

• Franklin N. Flaschner Judicial Award, American Bar Association, 1987;
• First American invited by Supreme People's Court, People's Republic of China, to lecture on bankruptcy law, 1988;
• Judges' Award, Southern California Mediation Association, for distinguished service for promoting mediation in the courts;
• Emil Gumpert Judicial ADR Award, Los Angeles County Bar Association's Dispute Resolution Service
• "2004 Outstanding Jurist," Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Teaching:

• 1977-present, Faculty Member, Federal Judicial Center, Washington, DC;
• 1975-present, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Law), University of Southern California.

Professional Memberships:

• Federal Bar Association, since 1971; National president, 1990-91;
• Los Angeles County Bar Association since 1967
• Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, inducted 1992
• Board of Directors for the Western Justice Center, 1996
• Mensa, 1970.
  

United States Bankruptcy Court
Central District of California