- American Bar Association, Professionals, Officers and Directors Liability Committee of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, chair (2002-2003), vice chair (1997-2002); Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, vice chair (2002-2006)
- Orange County Bar Association, Arbitrator, OCBA Mandatory Fee Arbitration Committee (2004-2022)
- California State Bar Committee on Professional Liability Insurance (2001-2004)
- Defense Research Institute, Insurance Law Columnist, Commercial Litigation Committee’s The Business Suit newsletter
- Professional Liability Underwriting Society
- Editorial Board, West’s Insurance Litigation Reporter (2002-2004)
- Bad Faith Law Reporter, Editorial Board (Stratton Press) (2000-2002)
- Editorial Board, CGL Reporter (Insurance Risk Management Institute) (2010-2016)
Education
- Columbia Law School, J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1991, managing editor, Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems
- Whitman College, B.A., with honors, 1988
Bar Admissions
- California
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Clerkships
- Hon. John T. Nixon, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 1991-1992
- Speaker, “The Insurer’s Duty to Settle, Bad Faith and Verdicts in Excess of Policy Limits,” Strafford, January 7, 2015.
- Speaker, “Does My Client Need Professional and Cyber Liability?,” PLUS Cyber Symposium, Atlanta, GA, April 24, 2014.
- Guest Lecturer, “D&O and Professional Liability: Risks and Coverages,” University of California, Irvine, April 12, 2010.
- Speaker, “New Regulations Affecting Liability Insurers: What Insurers, Plaintiff’s Counsel and Defense Counsel Need to Know About the New Medicare Reporting Requirements,” Orange County Bar Association, Insurance Law Section Meeting, Costa Mesa, CA, March 26, 2010.
- Speaker, “Recent Developments, Emerging Issues and Ethical Considerations Affecting Environmental, Products and Insurance Litigation,” The Insurance Society of Philadelphia, Exton, PA, April 2, 2009.
- Speaker, “Settling Complex Claims While Avoiding Bad Faith Liability to Everyone,” 17th Annual Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Midyear Program, ABA’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Los Angeles, CA, Feb. 27, 2009.
- Speaker, “Choosing the Best Forum for Your Case,” 17th National Advanced Forum on Bad Faith Litigation, American Conference Institute, San Francisco, CA, May 15, 2008.
- Speaker, “Hot Topics in EPL,” Professional Liability Underwriting Society International Conference, Chicago, IL, November 9, 2006.
- Speaker, “Insurance Bad Faith Claims in California,” Lorman Education Services, Costa Mesa, CA, October 5, 2005.
- Speaker, “Securities Litigation and Liability in the New Era,” Program Chair, ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 9, 2003.
- Speaker, “Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility for Corporate and Insurance Staff Counsel,” ABA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 11, 2002.
- Speaker, “Professional Liability in the New Millennium,” Moderator, ABA/TIPS Professionals, Officers and Directors Liability Committee National Program, New York, NY, March 18, 1999.
- “Draft Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance Proposes Significant Changes to Insurance Law,” PLUS Journal, July 2015.
- “A Trend of Coverage Denials Under D&O and Professional Liability Policies for Contractual Liability Claims,” Westlaw Journal Insurance Coverage, October 12, 2012.
- “Choosing the Best Forum for Your Insurance Coverage Case,” CGL Reporter, April 2010.
- “New Regulations Affecting Liability Insurers: What Insurers and Counsel Need to Know About the New Medicare Reporting Requirements,” The Business Suit, DRI Commercial Litigation Committee, April 9, 2010.
- “Insolvent Insureds and the Challenges of Large SIRs and Deductibles,” The Business Suit, DRI Commercial Litigation Committee, February 24, 2010.