Practice Areas: Intellectual property litigation, including trade secrets, copyright, trademark, computer and internet law; unfair competition and employment disputes regarding trade secrets and intellectual property.

Education:

Cornell Law School (J.D. 1976; Magna Cum Laude;
Editor, CORNELL LAW REVIEW; Order of the Coif; Class Rank: 11th)

Brown University (B.A. 1972; Dean's List)

Prior Associations:

Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division,
Office of Special Investigations, Washington, D.C., 1979 - 1985

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office,
Criminal Division, Eastern District of Virginia, 1982 - 1983

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office,
District of Maryland, 1982

Associate Attorney, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler
New York, N.Y., 1976 - 1979

Professional Admissions, Associations and Teaching Positions:

State Bars of California, New York, Colorado, & the District of Columbia

Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association, National Arbitration Forum

Vice President, Los Angeles Copyright Society

Adjunct Professor of Law, Southwestern University School of Law
(Teaching Intellectual Property, Internet and Computer Law)

Lecturer and Moderator: Company Assets, Confidential Information, and the Mobile Employee, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Newport Beach, and San Diego, California (Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Seminar)

Reported Cases:

Perfect 10, Inc. v. Cybernet Ventures, Inc., 213 F.Supp.2d 1146 (C.D. Cal. 2002)

TeleTech Customer Care Management (California), Inc. v. Tele-Tech
Co., 977 F.Supp. 1407, 42 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1913 (C.D. Cal. 1997)

Perfect 10, Inc. v. Cybernet Ventures, Inc.,167 F.Supp.2d 1114, 60 U.S.P.Q.2dx 1879 (C.D. Cal. 2001)

Perfect 10, Inc. v. Talisman Communications, Inc.,2001 WL 364813 (C.D. Cal. 2000)

Raz Imports, Inc. v. Target Stores,
45 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1795 (C.D. Cal. 1997)

Watts Health Systems v. United Healthcare,
960 F.Supp. 1431 (C.D. Cal. 1996);

Nestlé U.S.A. v. Travelers Casualty & Surety Co.,
1998 U.S. Dist. Lexis 17287 (C.D. Cal. 1998)

Nestlé U.S.A. v. Heart to Heart Publishing Co.,
1997 Lexis 21334 (C.D. Cal. 1997)

Tuchman v. Aetna,
44 Cal. App. 4th 1607 (1996)

McCalden v. Simon Wiesenthal Center,
955 F.2d 1214 (9th Cir. 1992)

McCalden v. Simon Wiesenthal Center,
919 F.2d 538 (9th Cir. 1990)

Proton Corp. v. Proton America Inc.,
4 USPQ 2d 1495 (C.D. Cal. 1987)

U.S. v. Kowalchuk,
571 F. Supp. 72 (E.D. Pa. 199 3), aff'd en banc,
773 F.2d 488 (3d Cir. 1985)

Maikovskis v. I.N.S.,
773 F.2d 435 (2d Cir. 1985)

U.S v. Sprogis,
763 F.2d 115 (2d Cir. 1985)

U.S. v. Linnas,
19 I & N Dec. 302

Published Articles:

Protecting Your Product From Counterfeiters - What The Legal System Can Do For You, CERAMICS MAGAZINE, July 1994

Protecting Your Product From Counterfeiters, BOBBIN MAGAZINE, July 1994

The Ex Parte Seizure: Your Weapon Against Counterfeiters, THE CRAFTS REPORT, Vol. 20, No. 221, September 1994

Company Assets, Confidential Information, and the Mobile Employee Lorman Education Services, 1996

State Exemptions From Securities Regulation Coextensive With SEC Rule 146, 1976 SECURITIES LAW REVIEW 785 (This article originally appeared as a student note in 61 CORNELL LAW REVIEW 157, 1975.)

Apprehending And Prosecuting War Criminals In The United States, 15 NOVA LAW REVIEW 747 (1991)

Awards:

Adjunct Excellence in Teaching Award, Southwestern University School of Law, 2001

U.S. Department of Justice Outstanding Performance Rating, 1983 - 1985

U.S. Department of Justice Special Achievement Award, 1984

U.S. Department of Justice Meritorious Award for "Superior Performance of Duties on a Continuous Basis," 1982

U.S. Department of Justice Exceptional Performance Rating, 1982

Community Activities and Association:

Member of Board and Executive Committee, Anti-Defamation League, Pacific Southwest Region