Candidate for
Judge of the Superior Court; County of Orange; Office 7

PERSONAL DATA:

Date and Place of Birth: December 7, 1954; Los Angeles.

Marital Status: Married to Marcy, November 5, 1977; four children.

Residence: Anaheim, California.

EXPERIENCE:

SENIOR JUDICIAL ATTORNEY, California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, Chambers of Associate Justice William W. Bedsworth, 925 No. Spurgeon Street, Santa Ana,California. May 1997 to present. Duties include legal research and drafting opinions for the court, primarily in criminal cases.

SENIOR DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY for the County of Orange, Office of the District Attorney, 700 Civic Center Drive West, Santa Ana, California, July 1985 to May 1997.

1. 12 years of service as an Orange County deputy district attorney.

2. As a trial prosecutor, achieved a 100% felony conviction rate.

3.As an appellate court specialist, successfully argued cases in California and federal courts which strengthened the position of law enforcement and victims' rights. (See, e.g., People v. Lopez (1989) 212 Cal.App.3d 289 [holding police requests for identification do not implicate the Fourth Amendment]; People v. Contreras (1989) 210 Cal.App.3d 450 [holding trial courts may not grant suppression motions where defendants have not proven "standing"]; People v. Thomas (1992) 4 Cal.4th 206 and People v. Lopez (1993) 21 Cal.App.4th 225 [ensuring felons who personally use a firearm receive consecutive prison sentences]; Tobe v. City of Santa Ana (1995) 9 Cal.4th 1069 [upholding the city's anti-camping ordinance against constitutional attack]; Dominguez v. Superior Court [ensuring sexually violent predators remain in custody after service of their prison terms].

4. Served 2 years as a Deputy Attorney General representing all 58 district attorneys in complex civil/constitutional litigation in federal court in Sacramento.

ASSISTANT VICE-PRESIDENT, BRANCH MANAGER, Downey Savings and Loan Association, 801 Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates,California 90274; from July 1977 through July 1980.

MEMBER OF THE MINORITY STAFF OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES, UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D.C. Selected from over 400 applicants for appointment as Special Assistant to Congressman Del Clawson (R-Downey) for the term June 1976 through January 1977.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF LAW, Western State University College of Law, Fullerton (and formerly in Irvine), California; January 1992 to present. Teaching courses in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Advanced Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Factual Investigation, and Professional Responsibility.

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF LAW, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, California; August 1997 to present. Teaching courses in Legal Skills and appellate advocacy.

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF LAW, Trinity Law School, Santa Ana, California; August 1998 to present. Teaching Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW, Orange County University School of Law, Newport Beach, California. April 1991 through December 1994. Taught courses in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Legal Researchand Writing, and Professional Ethics.

EDUCATION:

Southwestern University School of Law, J.D., December 1984. University of California, Irvine, History Graduate Program,
1980.

Biola University, B.A., History Honors Program, 1977. Associated Student Body President, 1975-1976; Co-Executive Director of the Independent California Colleges and Universities Student Association, 1976; Associated Student Body Vice President, 1974-1975; Student Body Social Board Chairman, 1973-1974; Freshman Class President, 1972-1973; Named in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1976.

PUBLICATIONS:

1. "Supreme Court Rules Burden of Proof May Be Placed On Delinquent Parents in Civil Contempt Cases," Law in Brief, Child Support Report, Vol. X, No. 4 (June/July 1988), United States Department of Health and Human Services, National Child Support Enforcement Reference Center.

2. E. Thomas Dunn, Jr., ed., [with John A. Gordnier and W. Scott Thorpe] "Grand Jury Practice," Trial Tactics for Prosecutors, 2d ed. (California District Attorneys Association, January 1993).

3. "It's Time To Flip Wilson: The Consensual Encounter as a Law Enforcement Investigative Tool vs. The 'Right to Be Left Alone,'"20 Western State University Law Review, No. 1 (Fall 1992); revised and republished in three installments in Prosecutor's Brief: The California District Attorneys Association's Quarterly Journal, Vol. XV, No. 4, Vol. XVI, Nos. 1 and 2 (1993, 1994).

4. E. Thomas Dunn, Jr. [co-author with Alan J. Crivaro], "Selected Trial Motions," California Criminal Law Procedure and Practice, 2d ed. (California Continuing Education of the Bar, May 1994).

5. E. Thomas Dunn, Jr. [co-author with Alan J. Crivaro], chapters 1 ("Client Interview"), 2 ("Criminal Law Practice Management")and 31 ("Selected Trial Motions"), California Criminal Law Procedure and Practice, 3d and 4th eds. (California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1996, 1998). 5th edition due to be published in June 2000.

HONORS AND ACTIVITIES:

1.Named Attorney of the Year for 1988 by the Constitutional Rights Foundation of Orange County. Attorney coach and Presiding Judge; Certificates of Merit, 1985 to 1991, 1993-1995.

2.Nominated Outstanding Orange County Prosecutor for 1988, for prevailing in the United States Supreme Court, in Hicks v. Feiock(1988) 485 U.S. 624.

3.Appointed Special Deputy District Attorney for the Counties of Kern and Ventura in 1987-1988 to coordinate the statewide constitutional attack on postindictment preliminary hearings required by Hawkins v. Superior Court (1978) 22 Cal.3d 524.

4.Active as a speaker in the 1986 Campaign to Unseat Rose Bird,Cruz Reynozo and Joseph Grodin.

5.Instructor, Orange County Sheriff's Advanced Officer Training(1993-1997).

6.Member, Board of Directors, Whittier Christian High School, La Habra, California, 1995-present; elected Chairman of the Board,June 1997.

7.Elder, First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton, California; member since 1964.

8.Listed in Who's Who in American Law, 1997-2000 editions.

9.Appointed Member of the 1999 Anaheim Charter Review Commission; elected Vice Chair.

10.Keyboard artist (piano, Fender Rhodes, synths, vocals), composer, arranger, and enthusiastic professional baseball fan and amateur softball pitcher (bats left, throws right).