LEGAL BACKGROUND

• Admitted to State Bar of California 1974
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeal – Ninth Circuit
• Central District of California
• California Bar Association 1974-present
• Real Property and Business Litigation Sections
• Orange County Bar Association
• Section Chairman, Creditors Rights (1994-1995)
• Orange County Bar Association Delegate to State Bar Convention, Resolutions Committee member(1997-present).
• Master Bencher, William P. Gray Legion Lex Inn of Court, 1995-present
• Presiding Judge, Whittier Law School Trial Advocacy Mock Trials (1999), Orange County Superior Court Temporary Judicial Officer  (2000 to the present).

PUBLISHED CASES

• Ilkhchooyi v. Best (1995) 37 Cal. App. 4th 395 (unconscionability in a commercial leasing transaction)
• Cinnamon Square Shopping Center v. Meadowlark Enterprises (1994) 24 Cal. App. 4th 1837 (misrepresentation constituted breach of commercial lease)
• 1999 -2001 successful appellants in three unpublished Opinions two reversing the trial court and one (2005) affirming the court’s order in our favor, Abers v. Rounsavell G040486 October 18, 2010 (interpretation of terms of ground lease in a residential condominium setting).

VERDICTS WITH PUNITIVE DAMAGE AWARDS

•  (2002) $9.5 Million including 4.5 million punitive damages (Insurance Bad Faith)
• (2003) $295,000 plus $68,750 punitive damages (Legal Malpractice)
• (2004) $6.4 Million including $450,000.00 punitive damages (Business torts – breach of partnership)
• (2011) $1,505,000 including $1,400,000. punitive damages (wrongfully withheld 1963 Corvette by Trustees)