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Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; State Government Law; Federal Litigation; Plaintiffs Personal Injury

Additional Information: Washoe County Bar Association; State Bar of Nevada (Member: Fee Dispute Committee, 1990—; Northern Nevada Disciplinary Committee, 2002—); State Bar of California (Member, Criminal Law Section); Nevada Trial Lawyers Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice (Member, Board of Trustees, 2000—); National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Law (Member and Representative, National Legal Committee; Member, Northern Nevada Chapter); American Inns of Court (Barrister, 2001-2002 and Master, 2002—, Bruce R. Thompson Chapter).

Speaker: "Criminal Defense Issues," Nevada State Bar Convention, 1999; "Anatomy of a Murder," Washoe County Bar Association, March 2002; "Informants in Drug Cases," Washoe County Bar Association, March 2003. Guest Speaker, Washoe County Public Defender's Office, June 2004. Panel Member, "Entertaining Ethics," Washoe County Bar Association, 2004. Member: Nevada State Gaming Control Board, Nevada Gaming Commission, 1989—; Criminal Jury Instructions Committee, State of Nevada, 1993; Selection Committee, Washoe County Public Defender, 2005. Master, Pro Tem Family Court, 1993—, Master, Pro Tem Juvenile Court, 1993—, Member, Criminal Rules Committee, 1999, Chairman, Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions, 2000— and Temporary Member, Judicial Selection Commission, Dept. 9, 2004, Washoe District Court. Pro Tem Judge: Reno Municipal Court, 1995—; Placer County Superior Court, 1998. Appointed Chairman, 1998-2000 and Member, 1996-1998, Board of Trustees, Nevada Law Foundation. Appointed Member, Nevada Mandatory Sentencing Review Commission, 1999—. Director of Security, Reno-Tahoe Open Annual PGA Tour Event, Montreaux Golf & Country Club, Reno, Nevada, 1999—. Member, Board of Trustees, 1999— and Co-Chairman, 2003, Northern Nevada Chapter, The Children's Cabinet. Co-Host, "Lawyers, Guns & Money," KOLO-TV, Reno, Nevada. Arbitrator, Northern Nevada Fee Dispute Committee, State Bar of Nevada, 1990—.