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Publications and Newspaper Articles

  • "Battle over Malibu Pier trademark clouds reopening", The Malibu Times, October 12, 2005
  • "Cingular to Move Cell Site", Palisadian Post, August 4, 2005 
  • "Joint Pole Authorizations: Devil or Angel?", Above Ground Level Magazine, August/September 2005
  • "Cell Tower Battle Expands in Palisades", Palisadian Post, June 15, 2005 
  • "California Coastwatcher, June 2005
  • "Holyoke Residents Continue Cingular Cell Site Battle", Palisadian-Post, June 9, 2005
  • "When Real Estate Incorporates Art", Real Estate Magazine of Southern California, (March 2005)
  • "Camp Leader a Sex Offender", Honololu Times, July 18, 2004
  • "Hope Shines on a Slum", Los Angeles Times, November 28, 1996

Awards

  • Honoree, Board of Governors, Loyola Law School, 2003
  • Volunteer Attorney of the Year 2002, Elyse Klein Memorial Award, Bet Tzedek Legal Services
  • Certificate of Recognition, California State Assembly, 2002

Memberships and Appointments

  • Board of Directors, Century City Bar Association, 2004-2007  
  • Treasurer, Century City Bar Association, 2006-2007
  • Board of Directors, American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Union Board, 2004-2007  
  • Board of Directors, American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Foundation Board
  • Member, Mexican American Bar Association
  • Member, Federal Bar Association
  • Member, American Business and Trial Lawyers Association, 1995-present
  • Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Litigation Section, 1995-present
  • Clerk to Hon. Robert J. Kelleher, United States District Court of Central District, 1994-1995

Admissions

  • State Bar of California, 1995
  • United States District Court, Central District of California, 1995
  • United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1996
  • United States District Court, Michigan, 2001
  • United States District Court, Southern District of California, 2004
  • United States District Court, Northern District of California, 2005

Education

  • Loyola Law School, Order of the Coif, Managing Editor of Loyola Law Review, J.D., 1994
  • University of California at Berkeley, B.A., Rhetoric 1989
 

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