Areas of Practice

• Insurance Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Employment Law
• Professional Liability

Bar Admissions

• California, 1983
• Colorado, 1986
• Vermont, 1989
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court District of Vermont
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1996
• U.S. Supreme Court

Education

• Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California, 1983
  J.D.
  Honors: Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Criminal Law
  Law Review: Santa Clara Law Review, Articles Editor, 1982 - 1983
  
  
• University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1980
  B.A.
  Honors: With Distinction in General Scholarship
  
  

Published Works

• Note, A Private Right of Action May Not Be Implied Under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899, 22 University of Santa Clara Law Review 949
• Comment: The Constitutionality of a Federal Ceiling on State Severance Taxes, 23 University of Santa Clara Law Review 867

Representative Clients

• American International Group Insurance Companies
• CNA Insurance Company
• CNA Health Pro
• York Claims Services
• Campania Management Company
• Farm Family Insurance Company
• Great American Insurance Company
• Atlantic Risk Management
• North American Specialty Insurance Group
• ProMutual Group
• Interstate Insurance Group
• Guaranty Fund Management Service
• Penn-American
• Ghand Morahan & Company
• Sempo Japan
• The Stanley Works
• Vermont League of Cities and Towns
• Western Litigation Specialists
• Correctional Medical Services, Inc.

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Adjuct Professor, Internet Law, Vermont Law School

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association
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• Vermont Bar Association
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• California Bar Association
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• Colorado Bar Association
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• Defense Research Institute
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• International Association of Defense Counsel
  
  
• Association of Ski Defense Attorney's
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• California Supreme Court, Extern, 1982
• Santa Clara Superior Court, Research Attorney, 1983 - 1984

Languages

• Persian

Birth Information

• April 14, 1959, Tehran, Iran