Law Practice

  • 1997 - Present, solo practioner
  • 1992 - 1997, partner, Simpson, Thacher & Barlett, New York City
  • 1979 - 1992, partner & associate, Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles and New York City

Representative Clients

  • Safeway Inc.
  • AutoZone Inc.
  • Blackhawk Network Inc.

Admitted

  • 1998 - Pennsylvania
  • 1985 - New York
  • 1984 - District of Columbia
  • 1979 - California

Education

  • Law

    • J.D., 1979, Yale Law School
    • Editor, Yale Law Journal
    • Summer, 1978, Law Clerk, Cravath Swaine & Moore, New York City
    • Summer, 1977, Law Clerk, Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine, New York City

  • Graduate

    • M. Litt. in Economics, 1976, Oxford University, Oxford, England
    • Recipient, 1974-76, The Marshall Scholarship
    • Recipient, 1974-76, Nuffield College, Oxford University, Studentship

  • Undergraduate

    • A.B., with hightest honors, 1974, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
    • Recipient of Borden Foundation - Albert G. Milbank Memorial Prize (First in Class)
    • Summer, 1974, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
    • Scholarship for research on German Monetary Policy, Bonn, Germany
    • Summer, 1972, Catholic University of the West, Angers, France
    • Summer, 1971, Management training program, Dresdner Bank, Frankfurt, Germany

Memberships

  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Association of Marshall Scholars
  • California Bar Association
  • American Bar Association, Sections on Antitrust Law and Business Law
  • District of Columbia Bar Assocation
  • New York Bar Association
  • The Ivy Club

Selected Publications