Education

• Bachelor of Arts with distinction in English and Economics from Whitman College, 1987
• Juris Doctorate from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1992

Admissions

• State Bar of California
• U.S. District Court, Southern District
• U.S. District Court, Central District
• U.S. District Court, Northern District
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Memberships and Associations

• State Bar of California, Environmental Law Section
• San Diego County Bar Association, Environmental and Land Use Law Sections
• Past-Chair, County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health, Site Assessment and Mitigation Division Steering Committee
• Past President, San Diego Environmental Professionals (formerly Association of Hazardous Materials Professionals)
• Urban Land Institute
• Lambda Alpha International
• National Brownfields Association
• American Bar Association

Awards and Recognition

• 2013 Top Rated Lawyer in Environmental Law by Martindale-Hubbell and ALM
• Selected as a San Diego “SuperLawyer” annually since 2010
• Martindale-Hubbell Ranking AV Preeminent for more than 10 years
• First place in the Roger J. Traynor Constitutional Law and the Law and Motions Moot Court competition
• Awarded Best Oral Advocate in the Alumni Tort Moot Court competition