Practice Areas:
Insurance Defense; Insurance Bad Faith; Professional
Negligence; Personal Injury; Business Litigation;
Business Torts; Contracts; Church Law; Nonprofit
Organizations Law; Catastrophic Injury; Brain Injury;
Asbestos Litigation; Employment Law; Health Care,
Hospital and Convalescent Care; Elder Abuse.
Admitted:
1993, California, U.S. District Court, Central and
Southern Districts of California, U.S. Court of
Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2004, Utah and U.S. District
Court, District of Utah
Law School:
Western State University, J.D., 1993
College:
University of Utah, Radiation Therapist,
1986; Arizona State University, B.A., magna cum
laude, 1989
Member:
Los Angeles County, Orange County and American (Member,
Tort and Insurance Practice Sections) Bar Associations;
State Bar of California; State Bar of Utah.
Biography:
Golden Key National Honor Society. Licensed Radiation
Therapist by the California and American Registries
of Radiologic Technologists. Recipient, American
Registry of Radiologic Technology Blue Ribbon Award,
"The Ultimate Modality for Irradiation and
Treatment of Breast Cancer," 1986. Holder,
Cambridge Certificate in Risk Management for Churches
and Schools. Adjunct Professor, Legal Environment
of Business, California State University at Fullerton,
1993-1997; Saddleback College, 1997-2000. Member,
Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Former Member, American
Registry of Radiation Therapists and California
Registry of Radiation Therapists. Previously, on
the Board of Directors as a Partner with the forty-five
attorney firm of Cooksey, Toolen, Gage, Duffy &
Woog, based in Costa Mesa, California. Outside General
Counsel for Stellar Enterprise, Inc., Mytrex Mgt.,
Inc., General Assembly Church of Alameda County,
and Rescue Alert, Inc. Successfully handled thousands
of church related cases, including allegations of
molestation by pastors and other church-related
personnel, allegations of misappropriation of church
funds, harassment of members by excommunicated members,
schisms within church ranks, negligent counseling
by pastors, church outing accidents and the whole
range of premises liability, and vehicular accidents.
Born: Salt
Lake City, Utah, July 29, 1961
