Experience 

Substantial experience in all areas of employment law, including representation of employers in disputes regarding wage and hour issues, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, reasonable accommodation, tortious wrongful termination, breach of contract, tortious interference with contract, defamation, fraud, and infliction of emotional distress, at mediations, in state and federal administrative agency proceedings, and at the trial court and appellate levels in federal and state courts.  Advices clients regarding personnel issues and policies, as well as compliance with local, state and federal statutes and regulations.  Training seminars for employers on various employment topics.

Employment 
Mayer Brown LLP, Los Angeles, 1991 to date  •  Extern to the Honorable Stephen Reinhardt, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Education 

Loyola Law School - Los Angeles, JD, 1991; Dean's List; St. Thomas More Law Honor Society • University of Dundee, Scotland, U.K., MA, 1976

Languages
Fluent in French

Admitted
California, 1992 • United States District Courts for all California Districts  •  United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1993  •  United States Supreme Court, 1996