Associate Justice, Second Appellate District BAR ADMISSION: Admitted to California Bar in December 1973 EDUCATION: Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., B.A., 1969, English Literature; Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, J.D., 1973. PROFESSIONAL LEGAL BACKGROUND: Private law practice (concentrating on business torts, contract, and antitrust matters), Los Angeles, California, 1973-1992; partner, Pettit & Martin, 1985-1992; associate, then partner, Lawler Felix & Hall (now Arter & Hadden), 1973-1985. JUDICIAL BACKGROUND: Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Seven, April 1997-present; Judge, Superior Court, Los Angeles County, January 1992 to April 1997 (1992, Felony Direct Calendar Department; 1993-1997, Individual Calendar Civil Department); Chair, Alternate Dispute Resolution Resolution Committee, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1994-1996. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS: Member, Lawyers Advisory Council, Constitutional Rights Foundation, 1990-present; Member, California Judges Association, 1992-present; CJA Ethics Committee, 1997-present; Member, Federalist Society, 1987-present; Member, Executive Committee, Litigation Section, Los Angeles Bar Association 1994-present. EDUCATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS: Received honorary Harvard College National Scholarship; Graduated cum laude from Harvard College; Received Constitutional Rights Foundation Judge of Year Award, 1996; Rated “Exceptionally Well Qualified” for Court of Appeal by State Judicial Nominations Evaluation Commission; Received Dispute Resolution Services of Los Angeles 1997 Judicial Alternate Dispute Resolution Award. PROFESSIONAL TEACHING/EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Lecturer for: Judicial Council of California, California Judges Association, California Judicial Education & Research, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, The Rutter Group, and others. Contributor to California Forms of Pleading and Practice, Alternate Dispute Resolution, Matthew Bender. Testimony before California Senate and Assembly Judiciary Committees and Judicial Council of California re: civil justice legislation. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Board of Directors, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Alliance, 1992-95; Board of Directors, Foundation for Infant Botulism Research, 1992-present; Board of Directors, Dispute Resolution Services, 1996-present; AYSO soccer coach and referee, 1983-1997.