(NOTE: This is a selective biography, written in January 2006)
Date of Birth: 4/6/1932, San Diego, CA
Spouse: Ann, Children: Arwen, Kathy, Eric
Education: Boalt Hall (1953-1956) Admitted to California Bar: 1957
Work: U.S. Army, Courts and Boards (1957-1958), Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps (1958-present)
Bench: Pro Tem several times
Bar/other: San Diego County Bar Association (President 1972), ABOTA (President 1970), ABTL Founding Director San Diego Chapter, American College of Trial Lawyers: admitted 1978, Southern California Chairman 1986, Chair, various State Bar committees, Chair, Justice Facilities Training Agency, Chair, U.S. District Court Advisory Committee re: Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, Member, Judicial Selection Committee 1988-1990 Founding Member, Louis Welsh Inn #9, of American Inns of Court, Member, Scripps Memorial Hospital Foundation, Best Lawyer in America, Commercial Litigation, past 12 years, Managing Partner, Luce Forward 1973-1975, Broderick Award 1995