Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Year Joined Organization: 1985

Lawyer Overview

Civil litigation in federal and state courts throughout the United States with an emphasis on trademark, environmental, and consumer law, eminent domain, distributor termination, and commercial business matters. Also considerable experience in handling Attorney General Investigations and charges arising from consumer complaints.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation

West Practice Categories

Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

• California, 1984
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1984
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1985
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1985
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1985
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1990
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1990
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1985

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Faculty, Patent and Trademark Law and Federal Litigation, Cornell Law School, 1983-1984, 1990-1992 1996-present

Past Employment Positions

• United States Department of Energy, Office of Hearings and Appeals, Economist
• Manufacturer of high-end home care products marketed directly to consumers, Former Part-time General Counsel

Education

• Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
• Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 1977
  B.A.
  Honors: With Distinction

Published Works

• The Post-Petition, Pre-Rejection, Pre-Assumption Status of and Executory Contract, 59 The American Bankruptcy Law Journal 197, 1985
• Co-author, The Rejection of Collective Bargaining Agreements by Chapter 11 Debtors, 57 The American Bankruptcy Law Journal 293, 1983

Address

11377 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90064

Phones

(310) 312-2000

Faxes

(310) 312-3788

Emails

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Websites

http://www.msk.com