Professional Experience:
2003 - Present: California Legal Team - Los Angeles, CA
- Handled Plaintiff’s cases through trial and obtained verdicts.
- Plaintiff’s Employment verdict in excess of $900,000
- Hung Jury in a Criminal Defense 2nd DUI case where Defendant had confessed 3 times
- Handled over 100 Employment cases.
- 2010 Conducted 8 Jury Trials in the First 4 Months of 2010
- Conducted 10 Jury Trials in 2010
- Conducted First Chair Civil and Criminal and Jury Trials
- President and Founding Member of The Private Defenders of California, Inc
- Committee Member, California Employment Lawyers Association
- Former Board Member, Mexican American Bar Association
- Lecturer on Trial Tactics for State Bar of California approved Mandatory Continuing Legal Education
- Expert in Alcohol Pharmacokinetics testifying in DUI Administrative Hearings
- Nationally Board Certified in Criminal Trial Law (Only one of 11 California Lawyers out of 200,000 California Lawyers with this Distinction)
Education
2002 J.D. Whittier Law School Costa Mesa, CA
- Member, Trial Advocacy Honors Board
- Editor in Chief, The Barrister
- CALI Award for Excellence in Oral Advocacy
- Masters of Science in Forensic Science Candidate 2011, University of Florida
1999 B.A., Biology California State University Northridge, CA
- Men’s Track and Cross Country Team
Professional licenses and memberships
- State Bar of California
- Nationally Board Certified Trial Lawyer
Interests & Skills
- Expert Witness Areas: Trial Law and Preparation/Alcohol Pharmacokinetics and Biology
(Fees: $400/Hour, includes preparation and travel plus testimony which takes 2 hours minimum)
