Associate Justice, Second Appellate District BAR ADMISSION: Admitted to California Bar in January 1963 EDUCATION: J.D. (1962), University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law; B.S. (1954), University of California, Berkeley, Business Administration. PROFESSIONAL LEGAL BACKGROUND: Private law practice: San Luis Obispo, California, 1975-1992 (partner, Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel); and San Jose, California, 1963-1975 (associate, Wines & Bonney, then partner, Wines, Coffee & Robinson). JUDICIAL BACKGROUND: Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 6, April 1997; Associate Justice, Pro Tem, Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 6, June 1995 & 1996; Superior Court, San Luis Obispo, January 1992-April 1997, Presiding Judge 1994, other assignments included civil fast track, juvenile, probate, family law and law and motion. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS: Association of Defense Counsel (Northern California), 1963 (President 1989); Associate, American Board of Trial Advocates, 1982 (President 1989 Santa Barbara/Ventura/San Luis Obispo chapter); Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 1984; International Association of Defense Counsel, 1980-1992; Judicial Council Committee on Civil and Small Claims Procedures, 1993-1997; Judicial Council Special Task Force on Business Courts, 1995-1996; California Judges Association, 1992; CJA Committee on Civil Procedure, 1994-1996; Planning Committees for CJER and CJA for Civil Procedure Institutes and Annual Meetings, 1996. EDUCATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS: Association of Defense Counsel (No. California) President’s Award, 1994; Outstanding Contributor San Luis Obispo County Bar Association, 1997. PROFESSIONAL TEACHING/EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Masters in Trial Demonstration (ABOTA) Santa Barbara 1997; Panelist, Community Forum TV Series, Ventura/Oxnard 1998. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: President, Central Coast Council U.S. Navy League 1996; Law Day Speaker, Ventura American Legion 1998.