Practice Area
- Personal Injury and Products Liability and General Civil & Complex Litigation
Education
- Bachelor of Arts, 1960, Stanford University
- LLB, 1963, Boalt Hall, University of California at Berkeley
- Admitted to State Bar of California, 1964
- Admitted to US District Courts
-Eastern District of California
-Central District of California
-Northern District of California
- Pro Hac Vice in State Courts of Nevada & Washington
- Pro Hac Vice in Federal Court of Oklahoma
Professional Experience
- Kern County Deputy District Attorney, 1964-1965
- Klein, DeNatale, Goldner, Cooper, Rosenlieb & Kimball, LLP., 1966-present
Practice Focus
- Products Liability Litigation
- Major Wrongful Death & Personal Injury Litigation
- Complex Civil Litigation
- Business Litigation
- Representing clients involved in major environmental and enforcement matters
- Plaintiffs & Defense Complex Litigation
Professional/Community Activities
- Kern County Bar Association, 1965-present
- Board of Directors, 1974-1976
- State Bar of California, 1964-present
- The American Association of Justice, 1975-present
- The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1975-present
- Nahama & Weagant Energy Co. Board of Directors, 1971-1994
- Secretary
- General Counsel
- Bakersfield Public Education Facilities Corp., 1986-1993
- Kern County Air Pollution Control District, 1972-1973
- Freymiller Trucking Company, Board of Directors, 1988-1995
- Secretary
- General Counsel
- Henrietta Weill Memorial Child Guidance Clinic, Board of Directors
- Kern County Stanford Club
- American Board of Trial Advocates 2005-present
Recent Jury Verdicts
- $6.7 million award, Moore vs. F.L. Smidth, wrongful death/products liability suit in Los Angeles, Calif. Superior Court, Pasadena Division, 2005
- $1 million award, Gann vs. Allied Waste Industries, Inc. dba, Arrowhead Waste Control, auto accident/personal injury suit in U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Oklahoma, 2004
