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Presiding Justice, Second Appellate District
BAR ADMISSION: Admitted to California Bar in 1959
EDUCATION: Pomona College, 1955; United States Navy, 1955-1956; UCLA School of Law, 1959.
PROFESSIONAL LEGAL BACKGROUND: Partner, Allard, Shelton & O’Connor 1959-1969; Judge, Municipal Court, Pomona Judicial District 1969-1970; Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court 1970-1977; Partner, Nossaman, Krueger & Marsh 1977-1981; Partner, Sidley & Austin 1981-1993; Associate Justice, Division Four, Court of Appeal 1993-1996; Presiding Justice, Division Four, Court of Appeal 1996-present; Administrative Presiding Justice, Second Appellate District 1997-present.
JUDICIAL BACKGROUND: Judge, Municipal Court, Pomona Judicial District 1969-1970 (civil and criminal trials); Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court 1970-1977 (civil and criminal trials), Supervising Judge, Law Departments, Judge pro tempore, Court of Appeal, Division Five, 1974, People v. Smith & Powell (The Onion Field Murder); Judge pro tempore, Court of Appeal, Division One 1976, People v. Charles Manson); Associate Justice, Division Four, Court of Appeal 1993-1996; Presiding Justice, Division Four, Court of Appeal 1996-present; Administrative Presiding Justice, Second Appellate District 1997-present.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS: Chair, Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics 1995-present; President State Bar of California 1990-1991; Board of Governors, State Bar of California 1987-1989; President, Los Angeles County Bar Association 1985-1986; Board of Trustees, Los Angeles County Bar Association 1980-1982; President, Association of Business Trial Lawyers 1984-1985; Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers 1987-present; President, UCLA School of Law Alumni Association 1977-1978; Board of Governors, Institute for Corporate Counsel 1986-1992.
EDUCATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS: Shattuck-Price Award (Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1998); Alumnus of the Year (UCLA School of Law, 1986); Distinguished Pro Bono Award (Western Center on Law and Poverty, 1986); Person of the Year (Metropolitan News Enterprise, 1992); Rated “Exceptionally Well Qualified” for Court of Appeal by Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation (I.N.E.), January 12, 1993.
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING/EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Numerous panels and lectures for judges and lawyers concerning civil litigation, appellate practice and legal ethics.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Not provided