RESUME

  

Admitted to Practice of Law

California, 1980 to the present

U.S. District Courts in California (Southern, Central, Eastern & Northern Districts)

U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

U.S. District Court, Texas, Eastern District

1st, 2nd and 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals

United States Supreme Court

Pro Hac Vice in Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Texas and Washington.

Professional Employment

Brower Law Group, A Professional Corporation

Founding trial attorney (January 2018-Present)

Buchalter Nemer

Litigation Shareholder (May 2007-December 2017) in the Orange County, California office

Stephan, Oringher, Richman & Theodora fka Ginsburg, Stephan, Oringher & Richman

Litigation Partner (April 1993-May 2007) in the Orange County, California office

Katten Muchin Zavis & Weitzman

Litigation Partner (March 1991-March 1993) in the Orange County office

Wyman Bautzer Kuchel & Silbert

Senior litigation associate (January 1989-March 1991) in the Orange County office

Wood Lucksinger & Epstein

Litigation Partner (1986-January 1989) and litigation associate (1983 to 1996) in the Los Angeles Office

Flame Sanger Grayson & Ginsburg

Litigation associate (1980-1983) and law clerk (1977-1980)

Education

UCLA, J.D., 1980

UCLA, A.B., Cum Laude, 1976

Special Legal Experience

Arbitrator/Mediator

  • Arbitrator on a 25 day arbitration for computer software in North Carolina.  There were 3 arbitrators (2 party appointed) but we had a unanimous decision.
  • Sole arbitrator on 2 separate arbitrations in Dayton, Ohio.  
  • Mediator (Ohio, California) on multiple technology matters (software, anti-SPAM)
  • Arbitrator, appointed by CPR, on multiple (25+) domain name disputes under the ICANN UDRP rules
  • Neutral (arbitrator & mediator) on CPR Panels for Insurance Coverage, Technology Cases, E-Discovery, General Litigation (formal CPR training)
  • Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association, special panel for Data Processing Specialists (panel no longer exists)

Expert Witness

  • Ethics for insurance coverage counsel, testified by deposition (Chicago) - 1992
  • Insurance coverage, testified by written submission (Las Vegas) - 1989
  • Computer software contracting, testified at arbitration (Los Angeles) - 1988
  • Computer security, filmed segment for "60 Minutes" (unaired) - 1984

Judge Pro Tempore

  • Judge Pro Tempore, Orange County Superior Court, Law & Motion (affirmed 3-0 on appeal, Cloverly v. DMV (1992) 1 Cal.App.4th 870)
  • Judge Pro Tempore, Los Angeles Municipal Court in Civil Trials, Small Claims and in Traffic Court, 1985-88

Computer Technology Background

Programmer, primarily on IBM systems, 1973-1982, including IBM 360/91, 3033, System/34 and System/38.  Primary languages were COBOL, RPG II (self-taught in one night), SPSS and APL.  Worked for several business units at UCLA, a major bank (UCB) and a law firm.  Taught IBM JCL. 

Possibly the first non-scientist with regular access (since 1972) to the Internet (then the Arpanet). 

Certificate in Data Processing (high scorer)

Association of Data Processing Services Organizations 1984-1990.

Association of Computing Machinery, Member of the Los Angeles Chapter Board, 1981-1984. 

Personal

Born in Los Angeles, 1954 (second generation California).  Married, two children.