I am admitted to the bar for the following courts: New York (1967), California (1970), U.S. Courts of Appeals, Third, Fifth and Ninth Circuits, California and U.S. District Courts, Northern and Eastern Districts of California, and U.S. Supreme Court.
In 2008 I became a member of ALI-ABA's Litigation Advisory Panel. I have served on several creditors' committees for asbestos disease victims in the reorganizations of asbestos companies that sought to avoid their responsibility under the bankruptcy laws.
In March 2010, I co-chaired the HB Litigation Conference "Emerging Trends in Asbestos Litigation". In September 2010, I gave a keynote address at the Medical Legal Panel Presentation at the 10th International Conference of the International Mesothelioma Interest Group (IMIG) in Kyoto, Japan.
In April 2011, I served as a faculty member at the HB Litigation Conference "Emerging Trends in Asbestos Litigation" in Chicago, and in June, I will be a panelist at the 2011 Symposium of the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF).
