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Practice Areas: Chair of Skadden’s West Coast Litigation Practice, he is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading trial attorneys and has extensive experience representing corporations and individuals in complex civil and criminal litigation. Has won over $1 billion in trial verdicts for corporate plaintiffs and beat back more than $2 billion in claims against corporate defendants. A former federal prosecutor, he served as Chief of Fraud and Special Prosecutions in the Los Angeles US Attorney’s Office, and has been a member of the defense bar since 1979.

Career: JD, Loyola University, 1975; BBA, Loyola University, 1971.