Admitted: 1995, California, U.S. District Court, Southern, Central and Eastern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Law School: McGeorge School of Law, J.D.
Member: State Bar of California; Los Angeles Bar Association; San Fernando Valley Bar Association; San Gabriel Valley Bar Association; Pasadena Bar Association; Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum.
Biography: Phi Alpha Delta (President). Member, International Moot Court Honors Board. Selected, "Rising Star," Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Judicial Extern to Hon. David E. Russell, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Chief Judge, Sacramento, California, 1994. Law Clerk to: Hon. Kathleen T. Lax, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge, Woodland Hills, California, 2001; Hon. Arthur M. Greenwald, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge, Woodland Hills, California, 2001-2002. Author: "The Chapter 13 Plan: A Cure-All for the Debtor who is not obligated on a Secured Debt?" Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser, December 2002; "The Elusive Meaning of Impairment," California Bankruptcy. J., Vol. 27, Number 2, 2004; "When a Solvent Debtor Files for Reorganization, Is the Filing 'Per Se' Bad Faith?" Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser, September 2005; "Is it In or Out? Determining the Operative Transfer Date for Escrow Accounts in Preference Litigation," California Bankruptcy J. Vol. 28, Number 4, 2006.