Candidate for
United States Representative; District 50; Republican Party

CIVIL AND BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

Public speaker on many topics; consultant to many charitable and public service organizations in the community (pro bono); private legal practice, litigating Civil Real Estate and Criminal Defense cases from 1973 until appointment to the bench; Founder and Organizing Chairman of Board of Directors of Hidden Valley National Bank, a publicly-traded corporation

JUDICIAL HONORS

1997 Recipient of San Diego County Consumer Lawyers Association's "Trial Judge of the Year" Award * 1996 Recipient of highest rating of all judges in San Diego Union Judicial Poll * 1991 Selected to teach at Mid-Career Judicial College (CJER): Post-misdemeanor Conviction Procedures * 1991 Reappointed by Chief Justice Lucas to the Judicial Subcommittee on Court Planning and Design * 1989 Selected to teach at Mid-Career Judicial College (CJER): Civil Law Matters and Pretrial Settlement * 1989 Appointed by Chief Justice Malcolm Lucas to the Judicial Subcommittee on Court Planning and Design * 1989 Elected Presiding Judge of North San Diego County Municipal Court * 1986 Recipient of San Diego Trial Lawyers Association's "Best Municipal Court Trial Judge" Award * 1985 Elected Presiding Judge of North San Diego County Municipal Court * 1984 Selected to teach at Judicial College: Civil Law Matters and Pretrial Settlement * 1982 Recipient of highest rating of Municipal Court Judges in San Diego County by San Diego Union Poll * 1982 Recipient of University of San Diego School of Law's "Most Distinguished Alumni Jurist" Award

LEGAL CAREER

Retired from Superior Court of San Diego County on February 25, 2002 * Served as Judge of the Superior and Municipal Courts of San Diego County for twenty-three years * Appointed through court consolidation to Superior Court of San Diego County, in December, 1998 * Assigned to a Civil IC Department, Regional Justice Center, Vista * Appointed to the Municipal Court of North San Diego County on July 13, 1979 * Blanket appointment to hear all Superior Court of San Diego County cases by Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court from July, 1979 - December, 1998 * Elected Presiding Judge, Municipal Court, North San Diego County ~ 1985, 1989 * Eight years assigned to Criminal Courts, including:

Felony Department; Criminal Law and Motion, hearing numerous search and seizure and 995 motions; Criminal Pre-trial Settlement Conferences; numerous 24-hour search warrant duty assignments and probable cause weekend duty; Criminal Jury Trial Departments; Thirteen years assigned to Civil Individual Calendar Courts at both Superior and Municipal levels of judicial service, including all types of ex parte relief, trials (both jury and non-jury), settlement conferences, law and motions, and all types of post-trial motions and relief.

EDUCATION

Pepperdine University - Bachelor of Arts Degree - 1967

Pepperdine University - Master of Arts Degree - 1969

University of San Diego School of Law - Juris Doctor - June, 1973

Admitted to California Bar - November, 1973