Practice Focus:
- Constitutional and civil rights law
- Employment law
- Commercial and other complex litigation
Professional Experience:
- Law Clerk, Hon. Dean D. Pregerson, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1997-1998.
Reported Cases:
- Prison Legal News v. Schwarzenegger, 608 F.3d 446 (9th Cir. 2010).
- Valdivia v. Schwarzenegger, 599 F.3d 984 (9th Cir. 2010).
- In re E.J., 47 Cal.4th 1258 (2010).
- Valdivia v. Schwarzenegger, 548 F. Supp. 2d 852 (E.D. Cal. 2008).
- Gober v. Ralphs Grocery Co., 137 Cal.App.4th 204 (2006).
Publications, Presentations & Media Appearances:
- American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, UCLA, “The Constitution Behind Bars, The Case of California’s Overcrowded Prisons,” March 11, 2009
- California State Assembly, Budget Subcomittee, February 24, 2009
- Capital Public Radio, Sacramento, California, February 11, 2009
- Crosscurrents, KALW San Francisco, Prison Overcrowding on Trial, February 2, 2009
- Capital Public Radio, Sacramento, California, December 22, 2008
- George Washington University Law School, Prison Litigation Workshop, March 2008
- Which Way LA?, Unintended Consequences of a Crackdown on Sex Crime, January 16, 2008
- University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall, Prisoner Reentry Seminar, 2007
- University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall, Seminar on Civil Rights Actions, 2007
- Author and Presenter: California Police Misconduct and Institutional Reform Litigation, Systemic Equitable Relief, Lorman Continuing Legal Education Program, 2005
Education:
- Yale Law School, J.D., 1997
- University of California at Berkeley, A.B., with highest distinction, 1985
Admissions:
- California
- U.S. Supreme Court
