Insurance Law Corporate Litigation Product Liability Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.2768

Education

University Of Denver College of Law, J.D. June 1972

Honors and Activities:  Candidate, Denver Law Journal; full tuition scholarship two years; one-half tuition scholarship one year; County Court Student Practice Program (Criminal Misdemeanor Trials); author, International Drainage Basin Pollution Control, 2 Denver Journal of International Law 89 (1972)

University Of Illinois, Graduate Studies in History

Honors and Activities:  Illinois Teachers Scholarship full tuition; Graduate assistant to Professor J.L. Bates

University Of Illinois, A.B. History, Minors:  Political Science/Economics

Honors and Activities:  Cook County full tuition scholarship 4 years – James Scholar (Honors Program); Phi Alpha Theta (National History Honorary); Phi Kappa Tau (Social Fraternity) Rush Chairman 1967-1968, Treasurer 1968-1969; Co-Editor Fraternity Life Magazine 1966-1967; Inter fraternity Council Subcommittee Chairman for Internal Affairs 1966-1967

Employment

Legal             

A Privately owned Company, 1987 – Present, Principal

Practice emphasizes insurance law, insurance defense, corporate litigation, products liability litigation, general business advisement and telecommunications.

Private Corporate Law Firm, Trial Attorney, Shareholder, Officer and Director, 1974 – 1987.

Significant trial experience in corporate matters, insurance defense and products liability.

U.S. Department Of Justice. Trial Attorney, Lands And Natural Resources Division, General Litigation Section, Washington, D.C., 1972 – 1974.

Trial And Supervisory Activities Relating To Environmental And Natural Resource Litigation.

White & Steele, P.C., Law Clerk, Legal Research, 1971 – 1972.

Assistant In Preparation Of Briefs, Pleadings And Other Legal Documents.

Non legal     

Colorado Environmental Commission, Assistant to the Secretary, 1970 – 1971.

General administrative duties related to the functioning of the Commission; legal and non-legal research; drafting of legislative bills; representation of the Commission at various governmental hearings; participate with local, state and federal officials in the formulation of a cohesive state environmental policy.

Professional Memberships & Activities

Bar Admissions

Colorado Bar; U.S. District Court for the State of Colorado Bar; Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Bar; U.S. Court of Claims Bar

Memberships

American Bar Association; Colorado Bar Association; Denver Bar Association; International Association of Defense Counsel.

Activities

Current Activities:

American Bar Association
                       
International Association of Defense Counsel

University of Denver, College of Law
                                   
Past Activities:
Denver Bar Association
                       
Colorado Bar Association
                       
International Association of Defense Counsel

Lawyers for Civil Justice

Federal Communications Bar Association

Multimedia Telecommunications Association

Denver Telecommunications Professionals, Legal Counsel

Defense Research Institute

Sierra Club Volunteer Legal Staff

Land & Water Fund Volunteer Legal Staff

University of Northern Colorado, College of Business Administration – Insurance

Colorado Insurance Education Foundation, Lecturer

Denver Claims Association

Colorado Defense Lawyers Association

Publications and Presentations

Available upon Request