Admitted: 1985, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1986, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court; 1992, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Law School: Tulane University, J.D.
Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Member, Litigation Section); Louisiana State and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Patent; Trademark; Copyright Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of California.
Biography: Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, Tulane Law Review, 1981-1983. Law Clerk, Hon. Morey Sear, U.S. District Court Judge, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1982-1983. Member: Alumni Board of Directors, University of Chicago, 1986-1989; University of Chicago Alumni Schools Committee, 1984-1989.