Associate Justice, Fourth Appellate District BAR ADMISSION: Admitted to California Bar in January 1960 EDUCATION: B.A., Univ. of South Dakota, 1957; J.D., Univ. of San Francisco, 1959; University of Oslo, Norway, and University of Vienna, Austria 1953-54; Judicial Education Courses, Nat’l. Judicial College, Reno, New York University, CA Judicial Education/Research courses; Continuing Education of the Bar Courses; Extension Courses at UCR and Riverside City College. PROFESSIONAL LEGAL BACKGROUND: Deputy District Attorney, Riverside County, 1960-1961; Law firm of Badger, Schulte & Ward, general practice, 1961-1964; Law firm of Thompson & Colegate, civil litigation practice, represented media clients in trial and on appeal, 1964-1993. JUDICIAL BACKGROUND: Riverside Superior Court, civil trial assignment, 1993-1996; Court of Appeal, 4th District, Division 2, 1996-present; California Judicial Education and Research, Instructor, New Judges Orientation, 1995-1996; CJER, seminar leader, Judges College, 1995. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS: California Judges Assn; American Board of Trial Advocates; RCBA Past Presidents Club (Founder); State Bar Committee to Evaluate JNE Commission (Chair); Judicial Council Task Forces: Jury Instructions (Vice-chair), Quality of Justice; Inland Empire Response to Criticism Committee (Chair); Bd. of Governors, State Bar of CA; Joint State Bar Judicial Council Commission on Discovery (Chair); Judicial Nominees Evaluation Commission (Chair); American Judicature Society (Board of Directors); Riverside County Bar Assn. (President); Judicial Council Select Committee on Judicial Retirement; Editorial Board, California Lawyer magazine; Assn. of Southern California Defense Counsel; Executive Committee, Conference of Delegates of State Bar; Judge Pro Tem, Riverside Municipal and Superior Courts; Arbitrator, American Arbitration Assn.; Mediator, Court of Appeal; Riverside Barristers (Secretary & Vice-Pres.); Legal Aid Society Community Legal Services (Board of Directors); State Bar Administrative Committee (Attorney Discipline); Lawyer Reference Services (Board of Directors); Tel-Law (Board of Directors); Statewide Consortium on Court Delay Reduction; Federal Magistrate Selection Committee (Chair); Leo Deegan Inns of Court (Founding Committee). EDUCATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS: Riverside County Bar Assn. Distinguished Service Award, 1986; Argued/won two cases U.S. Supreme Court, Press Enterprise vs. Superior Court (I) 464 U.S. 501 and (II) 478 U.S.1; Executive Committee Conference of Delegates Alumni of the Year. PROFESSIONAL TEACHING/EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Adjunct professor, UCR Political Science Dept, Legal Research and Writing; Adjunct professor, LaVerne Law School; Panelist, Continuing Education of the Bar, California Discovery Act; Lecturer: Legal ethics, Riverside County Bar Assn. and Lecturer, Law & Media, UCLA and UCR; Chapter Author, Civil Discovery Practice, CA Continuing Education of the Bar; author miscellaneous articles and op-ed pieces. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: UCRLAW, founder and chair; Citizens University Committee, President; Riverside Community Hospital Founder’s Club; Frank Miller Club (Mission Inn); Ad Hoc Committee to Establish Federal Court in Inland Empire; Victoria Avenue Forever; Riverside Community Hospital Board of Directors; UCR Foundation Board; Riverside County Historical Commission (Vice-chair); Riverside Opera Assn. (President); Riverside/University Area Kiwanis (Pres); Lt. Gov. Kiwanis District.