Curriculum Vitae

• Oxford University
  (M.A., 1975)
• University of New Mexico School of Law
  (J.D., 1972)
  - Editor, New Mexico Law Review
  - Editor, Natural Resources Journal
  - Teaching Assistant in Constitutional Law
  - National Moot Court Competition (best brief and best oral argument)
• Oxford University
  (B.A., Jurisprudence, with honours, 1971)
• Stanford University
  (1965-68)

• Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLC, 2002 - 2008
• Principal Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Manager of Legal Department and Head of the Department’s Litigation and Claims Group, Bechtel Group, Inc., Feb. 2000 - March 2002
• Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton, 1987 - 2000
• Associate, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson, 1974 - 1987
• Law clerk to Hon. Oliver Seth, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1973 - 74
• Law clerk to Hon. Edmund L. Palmieri, United States District Judge (S.D.N.Y.), sitting by designation on the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico and on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1973, 1974 (simultaneously with the clerkship for Judge Seth)

• California
• The District of Columbia
• New York
• Virginia
• New Mexico
• U.S. Supreme Court
• Nine federal circuit courts
• Ten federal district courts

American Bar Foundation:

• Sustaining Life Fellow (by invitation only)

American Bar Association:

• Member, Coordinating Committee on Civil Justice Reform, 1990-93
• Founding Member, Standing Committee on Gun Violence, 1993-94
• Member, Standing Committee on Federal Judicial Improvements, 2008-2011
• Member, Segment Value Membership Initiative, 2008
• California State Bar Delegate to the House of Delegates, 2009-2013
• Liaison to the Standing Committee on Governmental Affairs, 2009-2010
• Member, Task Force on Federal Pleading Standards, 2010-12
• Member, Commission on Immigration, 2011-13
• Member, House of Delegates “Delegate Involvement Committee,” 2011-12
• Member, House of Delegates “Select Committee,” 2012-14
• Member, House of Delegates “Resolution and Impact Committee,” 2014-15

ABA Litigation Section (selected positions):

• Vice-chair, Environmental Law Committee, 1988-89
• Co-chair, Federal Procedure Committee, 1989-92
• Member, Special Review Committee on the Federal Civil Rules, 1990-92
• D.C. Circuit Member, Task Force on District Court Advisory Groups under the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, 1991
• Co-chair, Task Force on the Justice System, 1994-95
• Chair, Federal Initiatives Task Force, 1995-96
• Nominating Committee, 1996-97, 1998-99, 2005-2006
• Council Member, 1996-99
• Member, Civil Practice Standards Task Force (1996-98); Discovery Practice Standards Task Force (1997-99); Federal Practice Task Force (1998-02)
• Liaison, Federal Judicial Conference, 1996-99
• Liaison, Civil Rules Advisory Committee of the Federal Judicial Conference, 2000-01
• Life Fellow, 2004
• Federal Practice Task Force, 2002-2011 (co-chair, 2002-2009)
• Co-chair, Working Group on U.S.-Canada Cross-Border Class Action Protocols, 2008-2011.
• Representative to the Civil Rules Advisory Committee on restyling the Fed. R. Civ. P., 2002-2005
• Co-chair, Special Committee on the Future of Civil Litigation, 2009-2010
• Co-chair, Task Force on Attorney-Client Privilege, 2010-2012
• Co-founder of the Judicial Intern Opportunity Program (for minority and disadvantaged law students) in Los Angeles and San Francisco, 2003 and 2004
• Regional co-chair, Judicial Intern Opportunity Program, 2014-20
• Co-chair, Section Annual Conference, 2016-17

California State Bar:

• California State Bar Delegate to the House of Delegates, 2009-2013
• Member, Board of Trustees, District Four (San Francisco and Marin Counties), 2010-2013
• Member, Governance in the Public Interest Task Force, 2010-2011
• Member, Task Force on Admissions Regulation Reform, 2012-2014

Other Professional Associations:

• Member, District of Columbia Federal Court Advisory Committee under the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 (Chair, Trial Practice Subcommittee), 1992-94
• Member, District of Columbia Circuit Judicial Conference, 1998
• Honorary Member, COMBAR, the Commercial Bar Association, London, U.K., 1999-present
• Founding Member, American Constitution Society (Northern California Chapter), 2004-present
• Member, Transition Team, California Attorney General Kamala Harris, 2010-11
• Member, Diversity Law Institute, 2012-present
• Member, The Trial Law Institute, 2012-present