EW #253 has been an expert witness and/or consultant in over 400 legal malpractice and attorney fee dispute cases during the past 15 years. He has testified on behalf of both attorneys and their former clients in California and various other states. The cases on which the legal malpractice or the attorney's fees were based have included business and real estate litigation and transactions, bankruptcy matters, personal injury cases, family law matters and a wide variety of other matters. These cases frequently involve ethics violations

Retained expert in more than 400 cases in legal malpractice and fee disputes. Over 35 years experience in litigation and transactions and a wide variety of other matters. Former Litigation Department Chair, major law firm. Former Judge Pro Tem. Arbitrator and mediator, Los Angeles Superior Court.

J.D., University of Southern California, 1965, 2nd in class; order of C.O.I.F.; Editor, Southern California Law Review. Admitted to practice, United States Supreme Court, all courts in California.

Litigation and business transactions for 33 years. Also legal malpractice, attorney fee disputes and malicious prosecution. Retained expert in over 200 cases. Arbitrator, atorney fee disputes.

Other Experiences

Expert witness and consultant in legal malpractice and ethics cases (plaintiffs and defendants). Hehas testified in court and arbitration in approximately 70 cases and has been retained as an expert in over 400 and testified in deposition in over 200 cases involving a wide variety of legal malpractice and ethics issues, as well as numerous attorney fee disputes.
Former member, State Bar Disciplinary Committee
Co-Founder and member of the Board of Directors of the Lawyers Professional Liability Bar Association
Arbitrator, California and Los Angeles County Bar Association Attorney Fee Dispute Panels
Arbitrator and Mediator, Los Angeles Superior Court
Former Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles Municipal Court
Arbitrator, Kaiser Permanente
Mediator, Attorney Fee and Malpractice Issues, Los Angeles Superior Court
Listed in America's Leading Lawyers (1993)
Member, American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility
Former Director of Litigation, Long Beach Legal Aid Foundation
Lecturer, Legal Malpractice and Ethics, University of California at Riverside
Speaker, Legal Malpractice, 1994 Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association Convention
Panel Member, Battle of the Experts, Lorman Seminar (1999)
Lecturer, California Continuing Education of the Bar
Former Lecturer, Los Angeles County Apartment Owners Association
Former Instructor, El Camino Community College, California Law
Former Law Clerk, California Commissioner of Corporations.

Education
Graduated Second in class of 1965, University of Southern California School of Law. Order of COIF. Editor, Southern California Law Review.
BA., University of Southern California, 1962, Magna Cum Laude. Political Science Major.