Appointed 11/24/03 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (Current term expires 11/23/17.)
Education:
Douglass College of Rutgers University, B.A., 1979;
Rutgers Law School, 1984, J.D.; Editor-in-Chief of the
Career Record:
1998-2003, U. S. Trustee, Office of the U. S. Trustee for the Central District of California, Los Angeles California;
2002-2003, U. S. Trustee for the Districts of Southern California, Hawaii, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands;
1999-2000, U. S. Trustee for the Districts of Eastern and Northern California and Nevada;
1988-1998, Assistant U. S. Attorney, Office of the U. S. Attorney, Los Angeles, California; Deputy Chief, Major Frauds Section; and chairperson, Bankruptcy Fraud Task Force;
1986-1988, private practice, Sullivan and Cromwell, New York, New York;
1984-1986, Law Clerk, U. S. District Judge Harold Ackerman, District of New Jersey.
Admitted to the New Jersey Bar, 1985; New York Bar, 1988; California Bar, 1988.
Professional Memberships:
American Bankruptcy Institute
Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum
United States Bankruptcy Court Central District of California