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Associate Justice, Second Appellate District
BAR ADMISSION: Admitted to California Bar in 1961; Hawaii 1972; New York 1988
EDUCATION: Loyola University (now Loyola Marymount University), Los Angeles, B.S. 1957; LL.B. 1960. Various non-degree courses at the University of Southern California Law Center; Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
PROFESSIONAL LEGAL BACKGROUND: United States Air Force 1961-1964, Assistant Staff Judge Advocate; Wolford Johnson Pike & Covell, 1964-1965, Assistant Attorney; Demetriou & Del Guercio, 1965-1967, Associate Attorney; Technicolor, Inc., 1967-1970, Counsel; Amfac, Inc., 1970-1987, Chief Legal Officer with various titles culminating with Senior Vice-President, General Counsel and Member Management Council; The Times Mirror Company, 1987-1992, Vice-President and General Counsel.
JUDICIAL BACKGROUND: Los Angeles Superior Court, 1992-1998 (civil and criminal trials); Associate Justice, Division Four, Court of Appeal, 1998-present.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS: Institute for Corporate Counsel; Coalition for Justice; American Bar Association Committee on Corporate Law Departments, 1973-1992.
EDUCATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS: Not provided.
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING/EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Continuing education programs for judges and lawyers concerning civil litigation.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Member, Board of Regents, Loyola Marymount University, 1983-1998; Director, Los Angeles Oncologic Institute, 1987-1992; former Trustee, Hawaii Medical Library; former Director, Palama Settlement (Honolulu); former Regent, Chaminada University of Honolulu.