Location:

• 255 E. Temple Street, Suite 1560 / Courtroom 1568 
  Los Angeles, CA 90012
• Chambers: (213) 894-1522
  Courtroom Deputy: (213) 894-4843
  Court Recorder Contact: (213) 894-6233

Appointment(s):

• Appointed 06/12/93 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
• Reappointed 06/12/07 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (Current term expires 06/11/21.)

Education:

• University of California at Berkeley, 1974-78, B.A. in political science (with distinction);
• University of Michigan Law School, 1978-81, J.D.

Career Record:

• 1981-82, practicing attorney, Musick, Peeler and Garrett;
• 1982-87, Hancock, Rothert and Bunshoft, San Francisco, California;
• 1987-88, Kornblum and McBride, San Francisco, California;
• 1988-93, Assistant U. S. Trustee, Office of the U. S. Trustee, San Jose, California.
• Admitted to the California Bar, 1981; Ninth Circuit, 1984.

Publications and Other Media:

• Co-author (with Linda Curtis), "United States Trustee's Role in Bankruptcy," Chapter 9 in

United States Bankruptcy Court
Central District of California