Santa Rosa, California
| Owner, since
1995 | |
| phone | (707) 575-6000 |
| fax | (707) 575-6014 |
| Email Me | |
For approximately 4 years I was an assistant attorney general to the State of Montana, traveling around the state defending the State from many types of lawsuits, including dam failures, highway defects, accidents and other claims against the State of Montana. I then moved with my family to Sonoma County in late 1986 and decided to only represent individuals in their disputes against insurance companies, corporations who design or manufacture defective products, government entities (including city, county, state or federal government), owners of dangerous premises, and landlords who rent residential properties that are not safe or habitable. I have taken numerous cases to trial and have had results in excess of $1,000,000 and have settled cases for my clients from small cases to millions of dollars. In my practice here in Sonoma County I have recovered for my clients more than $20,000,000 in the past 22 years.
- Bar Admissions:
- California, 1987
- District of Columbia, 1982
- Montana, 1983
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1989
- Education:
- University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, Oregon,
1981
J.D. - Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon
B.S.
Major: Economics
Minor: Biology
- Representative Cases:
- Rowland v. County of Sonoma, 220 Cal App 3d 331 (California Court of Appeals 1990)
- Navarrette v. United States of America, 500 F. 3d 914 (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 2007)
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Group Presentations Regarding Ethics and Issues of Civility, Inns of Court, 2005 - 2007
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Consumer Attorneys of Sonoma County, 2006 - Present
- President
- Past Employment Positions:
- Teal, Montgomery and Bozman-Moss, Partner, 1992 - 1995
- Teal and Montgomery, Associate, 1987 - 1992
- Attorney General's Office, State of Montana, Assistant Attorney General, 1983 - 1986
- Pro Bono Activities:
- Advise to Tenant Concerning Their Legal Rights, 2005 - Present
- Languages:
- Spanish


