 | Appointment(s): |
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- Appointed 08/01/02 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (Current term expires 07/31/16.)
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| Education: |
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- University of California, Berkeley (California), 1974, B.A.;
- St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas, 1978, J.D., St. Mary's Law Review.
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| Career Record: |
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- 1987-1993, Associate then Partner, Brite & Drought, San Antonio, Texas;
- 1994-2002, Assistant U. S. Trustee, U. S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Trustee, Fresno, California.
- Admitted to the Texas Bar, 1978; Colorado Bar, 1990; California Bar, 1992; U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1982; U. S. Supreme Court, 1983.
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| Publications and Other Media: |
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- Crackdown on Bankruptcy Petition Preparers in 1997 WILEY BANKRUPTCY LAW UPDATE 383 (Thomas M. Renn, ed., Wiley Law Publications, 1997);
- No Retention Without Redemption or Reaffirmation Says the Fifth Circuit, ABI Journal, Volume XV, No. 10 (December/January 1997);
- Statutory Construction by the Ninth Circuit in Recent Bankruptcy Cases, 22 Cal. Bankr. J. 262 (1995); Literalism: The United States Supreme Court's Methodology for Statutory Construction in Bankruptcy Cases, 25 St. Mary's L.J. 143 (1993);
- Cramdown of Residential Mortgages in Chapter 13 Cases, The Colorado Lawyer, Volume 20, No. 5 (May 1991); Discrimination Under Section 525(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, Texas Bar Journal, Volume 54, No. 5 (May 1991).
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| Awards: |
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- Director's Award for Management Excellence, U. S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Trustee, 1999.
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| Board of Directors: |
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- California Bankruptcy Forum, 1998-2002.
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| Professional Memberships: |
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- National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges;
- American Bankruptcy Institute;
- American Board of Certification - Board Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law;
- Federal Bar Association.
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