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Associate Justice, Second Appellate District
BAR ADMISSION: Admitted to California Bar in January 1957
EDUCATION: University of Texas (Austin), B.B.A, 1953 with honors; University of Southern California, LL.B, 1956.
PROFESSIONAL LEGAL BACKGROUND: 1988-1991, Baker & MacKenzie, partner; 1975-1988, Macdonald, Halsted & Laybourne, partner; 1967-1975, Armstrong & Lloyd, partner; 1957-1967, Gray Binkley & Pfaelzer, associate and partner.
JUDICIAL BACKGROUND: 1993-present, Associate Justice, Court of Appeal; 1991-1993, Judge, Superior Court, Los Angeles County; 1997-present, Judicial Council Appellant Indigent Defense Oversight Advisory Committee; 1996, Judicial Council Blue Ribbon Commission on Jury System Improvements.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS: California Judges Association, 1991-present; State Bar of California, President, 1986-1987; Member, Board of Governors, 1983-1987; Chair, Ad Hoc Committee to Study the Relationship between the Board of Governors and the Committee of Bar Examiners, 1984; Chair, Administration and Finance Committee, 1985-1986; Vice President and Treasurer, 1985-1986; Member, Special Committee to Survey and Evaluate the State Bar’s Offices of General Counsel and Trial Counsel, 1978; Member, Subcommittee on Expediting the Disciplinary Process, 1983-1985; State Bar-Judicial Council Joint Discovery Commission, 1986. Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1957-present, Board of Trustees, 1970-71; Chair, Economic Litigation Committee, 1981-83; Future Planning Committee, 1971; Insurance Committee, 1969-70; Board of Directors, Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society, 1986-1991. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers, 1982-present. Life Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Chancery Club, 1966-present (President, 1980-81). Legion Lex (USC support group), 1960-present. Listed Best Lawyers in America, 1989-1990 Ed. (Business Litigation, California).
EDUCATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS: Beta Gamma Sigma; American College of Trial Lawyers.
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING/EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Faculty, California Judicial College (CJER), Berkeley, 1992 (“Catch-Up Civil”).
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Member, Board of Directors, Walking Shield American Indian Society (devoted to humanitarian and educational support of our nation’s American Indian population).