Education:
Santa Clara University, B.S., cum laude, 1991
Santa Clara University, J.D., 1994
Practice Areas
Personal Injury
Auto Accidents
Insurance Bad Faith
Wrongful Death
Brain Injury
Spinal Cord Injury
Premises Liability
Defective Products
Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Claims
Membership/Professional Activities:
Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association, Past President & Board Member
Consumer Attorneys of California, Board of Governors, President's Club, Advocates Club
American Association for Justice, Sustaining Member
Santa Clara County Bar Association, Past Delegate, Board Member, Civil Practice Committee, Judicial Evaluation Committee
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Pro Tem
Pacific Justice Foundation, Sustaining Member
California College of Trial Arts, Lecturer
State Bar of California
State Bar of Colorado
California Brain Injury Association
Admissions:
1995, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1996, Colorado; 1998, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court
Professional Recognitions:
The National Trial Lawyers, Top 100 Trial Lawyers
Trial Lawyer Of The Year Finalist 2015 - Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association
Best Lawyers in Silicon Valley (Catastrophic Personal Injury)
Best Law Firms in America, U S News & World Report
Northern California Super Lawyers?
Top Attorneys in Northern California, San Francisco Magazine
CAOC Champions of Justice Award
CAOC Local Trial Lawyer Association President of the Year
Presidential Award of Merit, Consumer Attorneys of California
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell?
AVVO top peer review rating
Certificate of Recognition from the CA State Senate
Judge Pro Tempore Santa Clara County Superior Court
US News & World Report - Best Law Firms in CA, Top Attorneys in Northern California, Best Attorneys in America
Rue Ratings - Best Attorneys of America
Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association, Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalist, 2015
American Society of Legal Advocates (Top 100 Litigators in California, 2016)
Trial Lawyers Board of Regents - Litigator Award Nominee
Lecturer, Paralegal Association of Santa Clara County
Litigation Counsel of America (Trial Lawyer Honorary Society limited to less than ? of 1% of N. America lawyers, judges and scholars)
Lawyers of Distinction (Trial lawyer honorary society limited to top 10% of lawyers in the U.S.)
