Location:

• 255 E. Temple Street, Suite 1352 
  Los Angeles, CA 90012
• Chambers: (213) 894-3728
  Courtroom Deputy: (213) 894-6172
  Court Recorder Contact: (213) 894-5011

Appointment(s):

• Appointed 03/21/94 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
• Reappointed 03/21/08 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (Current term expires 03/20/22.)

Personal:

• Married. Two grown children.

Education:

• San Jose State College (California), 1953-55;
• University of California at Berkeley, 1955-57, B.A.;
• Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, 1959-62, J.D.,

Military Service:

• Entered active duty as 2LT, U. S. Army in 1957; released as 1LT in 1959 after service with Army Security Agency.

Career Record:

• 1962-63, Associate, Covington and Burling, Washington, DC;
• 1964-69, Associate then Partner, Dinkelspiel and Dinkelspiel, San Francisco, California;
• 1969-93, Partner, Dinkelspiel, Donovan and Reder, San Francisco, California.
• Admitted to the California Bar, 1963; District of Columbia Bar, 1963; U. S. Supreme Court Bar, 1966.

Professional Memberships:

• American Bankruptcy Institute;
• Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy;
• National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges;
• California Bankruptcy Forum;
• Financial Lawyers' Conference;
• Bankruptcy Committee, Los Angeles County Bar Association;
• Los Angeles Association of Business Trial Lawyers.

United States Bankruptcy Court
Central District of California