Location:

• 411 West Fourth Street, Suite 5165 / Courtrom 5D 
  Santa Ana, CA 92701-4593
• Chambers: (714) 338-5450
  Courtroom Deputy: (714) 338-5366
  Court Recorder Contact: (714) 338-5369

Appointment(s):

• Appointed 02/05/07 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Current term expires 02/04/21).

Education:

• Yale College, B.A., 1975
• Hastings College of the Law, University of California, J.D., 1979
• Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M (Taxation), 1985

Career Record:

• 1989-2007: Assistant United States Attorney, Deputy Chief, Tax Division, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California
• 1987-1989: Associate, Law Offices of Wellington Y. Kwan
• 1983-1987: Trial Attorney, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice
• 1979-1983, Trial Attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice
• Admitted to the California Bar, 1979, and District of Columbia Bar, 1981

Professional Memberships:

• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Financial Lawyers Conference
• Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum
• Orange County Bankruptcy Forum
• National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges

United States Bankruptcy Court
Central District of California