Associate Justice, First Appellate District BAR ADMISSION: Admitted to California Bar in January 1959 EDUCATION: Stanford University, 1955, bachelor’s degree-political science; JD/LLB, University of Southern California, 1955-1958. PROFESSIONAL LEGAL BACKGROUND: Deputy County Counsel, Los Angeles County Counsel, 1958-1959; Senior and Managing Partner, Rutan & Tucker, Santa Ana, California, Orange County’s largest law firm (city prosecutor for the cities of Cypress and Dairyland), 1960-1978; prior to 1985, senior partner, Dickenson, Peatman & Fogherty, Napa, California (law practice involved a broad range of complex civil litigation). JUDICIAL BACKGROUND: Associate Justice, Divison Three, April 1996; Presiding Judge, Napa County Superior Court (1987-1988, 1990-1991); presiding criminal, civil, family law, and juvenile court judge (1985-1996); Presiding Judge, appellate department of the superior court (1986-1987, 1990-1993); authored the Napa County Rules for Administration of Civil Litigation (delay reduction); reelected to the superior court in 1986 and in 1992. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS: Member, American Bar Association; the American Board of Trial Advocates (both Orange County and San Francisco chapters); the University of Southern California Law Alumni Board of Directors 1974 and 1975 (vice president – Orange County 1976); Legion Lex; California State Bar Administrative Committee acting as chairperson and hearing officer for state bar disciplinary proceedings; Orange County Bar Association as chairperson on the Special Committee on Judicial Elections; Chair of the Judiciary Committee relating to liaison between Bench and Bar in Orange County and a member of the Judicial Evaluation Committee; Member of the California Judges Association and the Cow County Judges Association; Member of the Judicial Council Advisory Committee/Trial Court Coordination Plan Standards (1991); chair Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Court Records Management (1992/1996) and seminar leader at the Judicial College (1992). EDUCATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS: Napa Superior Court, the Napa Courts received the 1990 challenge reward from the County Supervisors Association of California (CSCA) for automation and delay reduction programs; Judicial Council’s Ralph N. Kleps award for “comprehensive court reorganization/consolidation” recognizing the Napa courts, state coordinating both its judicial and administrative services. PROFESSIONAL TEACHING/EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Penalist for CJER, participating in civil procedure, probate, delay reduction, and court coordination institutes. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Chairperson, Napa County Child Abuse Council (1989-1991), implemented procedures to protect victims of sexual abuse; a member of the Napa County Criminal Justice Planning Commission; liaison to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission (as presiding juvenile court judge); President of the Napa Valley Stanford Alumni Club and speaker at numerous seminars and public meetings regarding juvenile dependency and delinquency matters.