Areas of Practice

• Environmental
• Insurance Defense
• ERISA
• Employment
• General Civil Litigation
• Business Litigation
• Personal Injury PLF

Litigation Percentage

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• California, 1983
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1989
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1983
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1990

Education

• McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California, 1983
  J.D.
  Honors: With Honors
  Honors: Traynor Honor Society
  Honors: Member, Trial Advocacy Team
  
  
• Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA, 1979
  B.S.
  Honors: With Honors
  Major: Business Administration
  Major: Hotel and Restaurant Management, Emphasis in Accounting and Finance
  
  

Published Works

• Are Temporary Nuclear Workers "Special" or "Statutory" Utility Employees? (Co-Author, Donald E. Jose), Nuclear News, Vol. 34, No. 10, August, 1991
• Ways for Health Physicists to Minimize the Chances of Being Sued (Co-Author, David Wiedis, Donald Jose), Radiation Protection Management, Vol. 9, No. 3, May/June, 1992

Representative Clients

• Axa Pacific
• American Nuclear Insurers
• ARCO
• ARCO Products Co.
• Baldwin Contracting Company
• Bi-State Petroleum
• Safeco Insurance Company of America
• Georgia Pacific Corporation
• Century Surety Co.
• Union Pacific Railroad Company
• CNA Insurance Company
• Federated Insurance
• Central States Insurance
• Hartford Insurance Company
• CIGNA
• Penn-America Ins. Co.
• Performance Restaurants Group
• Gold Counry Foods, Inc.
• Reliance Insurance Company
• Sequoia Insurance Company
• Terra Nova Insurance Group
• Washington Mills Company, Inc.
• Koss Industries
• Western Career College
• United Rentals, Inc.
• Ray Stone, Inc.
• Lester Farms, Inc.
• John L. Sullivan Chevrolet
• Roseville Toyota
• Tracy Honda
• Marino Petroleum.

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Lecturer, Radiation Litigation and Minimization of Risks of Exposure, Norm Regulation and Control Seminar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 8, 1992
• Lecturer, Understanding the Legal Process, Sexual Harrassment Seminar, Sacramento, California, May 21, 1994
• Lecturer, Daubert, A Blessing in Disguise?, National Association of Railroad Trail Counsel Seminar, Pebble Beach, California, April 27, 1995

Honors and Awards

• AV Rating Martindale-Hubbell

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Board of Trial Advocates
  
  
• National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
  
  
• California State Bar Association
  
  
• Sacramento County Bar Association
  
  
• Defense Research Institute
  
  
• North California Association of Defense Counsel
  
  
• Rotary Club of Sacramento, 2004 - 2006
  Member - Board of Directors
  
  
• Piemonte Reale Benevolent Society
  
  
• St. Mels School Board of Directors
  
  
• Anthony M. Kennedy Inn of Court
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Diepenbrock & Costa, Partner, 1993 - 2001
• Grove, Clifford, Diepenbrock & Paras, Partner, 1990 - 1993
• Grove, Clifford, Diepenbrock & Paras, Associate, 1983 - 1990
• U.S. Attorney's Office, Yosemite National Park, Legal Enforcement Officer, 1982

Birth Information

• 1957, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America