PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Emeritus Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Bar Association of  Orange County, having served in 1989 as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. 
  • A former member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society of Orange County (appointed by the Orange County Bar Association). 
  • Emeritus Director of Jail Litigation for the Prisoners Rights Union in Sacramento, California. 
  • Member of the Orange County ACLU Lawyers Committee since 1972. 
  • Emeritus member of the American Inns of Court the William P. Gray/ Legion.
  • Lex Inn of Court is comprised of approximately 60 members, of these 20 are Master.
  • Benchers and may serve for life. Master Benchers have included State Supreme Court.
  • Justice Marcus Kaufman, State Appellate Justice Sheila Sonnershine, Federal District.
  • Judge Gary Taylor, numerous Superior Court Judges, and prominent Orange County litigators. In 1989, I was invited by Judge James Gray to be a founding member of this Inn. 
  • Former Orange County Deputy Public Defender. 
  • A former member of Federal Indigent Defense Panel; Former Lecturer Orange County School of Trial Advocacy. 
  • Member of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association 
  • Member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 
  • Former Judge Pro-Tem.