Representative Experience
Contract, corporate, securities, and intellectual property and international litigation, with particular emphasis on class action cases; has tried numerous cases before judges, juries and arbitrators; has argued appeals to California Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal and federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Judge Pro Tem and Judicial Arbitrator for the San Francisco County Superior Court

Judicial Mediator, California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District

Commercial arbitrator and securities arbitrator, American Arbitration Association

Prior Experience
Partner, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP

Judicial law clerk to the Honorable Robert Boochever of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Publications and Presentations
Author, "How Can a Chinese Company Succeed in a Western Forum?," New York State Bar Association (2006)

Speaker, "How Can a Chinese Company Succeed in a Western Forum?," Annual Meeting of the New York State Bar Association (2006)

Speaker, "The American Jury System," Shanghai Bar Association (2006)

Speaker, "The Art and Science of Jury Selection," Bridgeport Communications (2006)

Speaker, "How to Reach Today's Juror," Bridgeport Communications (2006)

Panel member, "What Makes Jurors Tick?," Bridgeport Communications (2006)

Author, Civil Actions Under RICO and the California Business & Professions Code

Co-author, "Creating a Discovery Plan," California Civil Discovery Practice (4th ed. 2006)

Co-author, "The Use of Juror Questionnaires in Civil Cases in California," Civil Litigation Reporter (March 1996)

Co-author, "The Use of Juror Questionnaires," International Society of Barristers Quarterly (July 1996)

Co-author, "The Use of Focus Groups in Civil Cases," 20 Civil Litigation Reporter 133 (June 1998)

Moderator, "Class Actions: A State and Federal Comparison," California State Bar Convention, 2000

Moderator, "Civil Actions Under RICO and the California Business & Professions Code," San Francisco, San Diego and Sacramento, 1990

Memberships and Activities
California State Bar Joint Advisory Committee on Continuing Education of the Bar, member, former Chair of Civil Litigation Subcommittee, and consultant

Former member of American Bar Association Securities Litigation Subcommittee on Accounting Issues

Chair, California State Bar Committee on Federal Courts

Former chair of the Continuing Education Committee of the Bar Association of San Francisco, Appellate Courts Section

Selected to "Super Lawyers," Northern California Law & Politics, 2004-2008

Named as one of the "Best Lawyers in the Bay Area" by Bay Area Lawyer Magazine, 2005

Listed in Who's Who in American Law

Power Association of Northern California

Firmwide Commercial Litigation Department, past Co-Chair

Firmwide Commercial Litigation Department Steering Committee, past member

Firmwide Pro Bono Committee, past member

Education
J.D., University of California at Berkeley - Boalt Hall School of Law

• Editor, California Law Review

B.S. in Business Administration, University of California at Berkeley

• Phi Beta Kappa
  
• Beta Alpha Psi accounting honorary