FARMERS GROUP, INC.; Los Angeles, California

Senior Corporate Counsel – Litigation Group (Oct. 2006- Sept. 2008)

Managed outside counsel in agent termination and employment discrimination/wrongful termination cases and consumer class actions. Also worked on a team to develop electronic discovery protocols.

QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART

OLIVER & HEDGES, LLP; Los Angeles, California

Of Counsel – Litigation Group (2000-2006)

Represented clients in complex business litigation, consumer class actions and representative actions under California's unfair competition statute (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200); breach of contract, business torts; breach of fiduciary duty and legal malpractice claims.

BANK OF AMERICA; Los Angeles, California

Senior Counsel – Litigation Group (1992-1999)

Managed outside counsel in a wide variety of litigation matters, including lender liability, consumer class actions, debt collection, credit reporting, FTC “holder-in-due-course” rule and Articles 2 and 9 of the Commercial Code.

KINDEL & ANDERSON; Los Angeles, California

Associate and Partner – Litigation Group (1980-1991)

Represented clients in civil actions and arbitration proceedings involving such issues as antitrust, unfair competition and other business torts, dealer/distributor terminations, partnership disputes, securities fraud, landlord-tenant, construction defects, and wrongful discharge.

AGNEW, MILLER & CARLSON; Los Angeles, California

Associate - Litigation Group (1979–1980)

Worked on the defense of antitrust and breach of contract action.

BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Associate - Litigation and Labor Groups (1975-1979)

Worked on the defense of antitrust cases and FTC investigations. Represented clients in federal and state employment discrimination cases and advised clients on personnel matters. Drafted licensing, confidentiality agreements for a computer software company and advised clients on how to protect their trade secrets.

 Text Obtained a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, and permanent injunction against a foreign bank enjoining the collection of a standby letter of credit and obtained an award of attorneys' fees on behalf of the applicant of the standby letter of credit.

Obtained a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in favor of directors of $30 million closely a held corporation who were being ousted by other directors in a battle for control of the corporation and forced a shareholders' vote, which gave control of the corporation to the ousted directors.

Co-counsel for a former employee in a disability discrimination lawsuit against her former employer in which the recovery was over $1 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

Obtained dismissal of a federal savings bank in an action brought under California's False Claims Act.

Obtained dismissal of a national bank a consumer class action involving fax fees.

Obtained dismissal of a national mortgage lender in a consumer class action involving usury issues.

Obtained summary judgment based upon ERISA preemption in favor of a company in a dispute with an employee over the denial of medical benefits.

Obtained summary judgment in favor of a national steel manufacturer against a claim of a religious discrimination failure to accommodate.

Successfully represented a brokerage firm in multi-million-dollar NASD arbitration with two of its former high-level executives/brokers involving compensation issues.

Obtained a defense verdict for a regional brokerage firm and a securities dealer against allegations of fraud and churning in a jury trial in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Supervised outside counsel in several lender liability disputes that were successfully resolved by motions for summary judgment in favor of the lender.

Represented an insurance company and a national bank in consumer class action regarding the payment of death benefits.

Supervised outside counsel of a nationwide finance company in consumer disputes involving credit reporting and debt collection.

Supervised outside counsel of a nationwide mobile home lender in consumer disputes involving repossessions, credit reporting, debt collection, forceplaced insurance, and dealer disputes involving inventory financing.

Represented a former outside director of a failed savings and loan in an action brought by the FSLIC and negotiated his dismissal from the action for a nominal amount.

Represented a Japanese consumer electronics manufacturer's U. S. sales subsidiary in disputes regarding terminations of its distributors and warranty reimbursement issues under California's Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act.

Represented parties in a number of real estate-related disputes, including landlord-tenant, mold, and construction defects.

Represented limited partners as plaintiffs in a dispute with the general partner involving securities fraud issues.

Represented management in litigation with dissenting shareholders in a going-private transaction.

Represented a pension fund service provider in an ERISA action with plan participants alleging failures to execute stock trades, which involved complex accounting issues.

Represented real estate developers in disputes with homeowners and homeowner associations arising from the conversion of multi-unit townhome projects from apartments to condominiums.

Represented a Japanese trading company in steel dumping action in Portland, Oregon.

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF LAW; Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania Juris Doctor, Cum Laude (1972-1975)

Order of the Coif; Law Review; President of Third Year Class

BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY; Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (1968-1972)

BA – Economics and Political Science

Member of Three National Honorary Societies; President of Senior and Junior Classes

Supreme Courts of the States of Pennsylvania (1975) and California (1979)

United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Third Circuits

United States District Courts for the Central, Southern and Northern Districts of California

and the Western District of Pennsylvania

 Text Member, American Arbitration Association (Commercial and Employment Panels).

Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) and its Labor & Employment Law, and Litigation Sections.

Member, California Lawyers Association, and its Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law, Litigation, and Labor and Employment Law Sections.

Member, American Bar Association and its Dispute Resolution, Labor and Employment Law, and Litigation Sections.

Member, Southern California Mediation Association.

Member, Los Angeles County Superior Court Civil Pro Bono Mediation Panel (beginning in 2000), until the program ended in June 2013.

Member, Los Angeles County Superior Court Civil Party Pay Mediation Panel (beginning in2011), until the program ended in June 2013.

Member, Board of Directors of Dispute Resolution Services, 1998-1999.

Settlement Officer of the Los Angeles County Superior Court Joint Settlement Program, 1988-1999.

Member, Executive Committee of ADR Section of the LACBA, 1995-1997SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

“Class-Wide Arbitration Agreements,” 2006 Class Action and Unfair Competition

Law Conference, Bridgeport Continuing Education Program, Los Angeles, CA (April 6-7, 2006)

“The Role of 17200 in Class Action Suits,” Unfair Competition: California Section 17200 Litigation Conference, Bridgeport Continuing Education Program, Irvine, CA (September 10, 2004)

“Show Me the Money: Recovery of Statutory Attorneys’ Fees,” Los Angeles County Bar Association Environmental Section Continuing Education Program, Los Angeles, CA (December 13, 2001)

“UNITED STATES V. ROBINSON - Scope of Search Incident to Custodial Arrest for a Traffic Violation Defined," Note, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH LAW REVIEW, vol. 35, no. 4,1974.

Named a Southern California "Super Lawyer" for business litigation in 2006 Super Lawyers publication.