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Education

• University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1978)
  • Order of the Coif
  • Thurston Society
• Loyola University of Maryland (A.B., 1974)

Professional Memberships and Activities

• American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
• Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, Lawyer Representative (1992-1997)
• Orange County Bar Association
  • Business Litigation Section, Chair (1991)
  • Board of Directors (1990-1997)
  • Masters Division, Board Member (2011-present)
  • Resolutions Committee & Conference of Delegates (1985-1995)
    • Chair (1989-1990), Vice Chair (1988)
• Orange County Bar Foundation
  • Director (1993-present)
  • President (2002)
• State Bar of California
  • Section on Litigation
• American Bar Association
  • Section on Litigation, Forum on Franchising
• State Bar of California
  • Conference of Delegates (1985-1995), Delegation Chair (1989-1990)
• Orange County Superior Court Civil Case Management Committee, Lawyer Member (1992-2000)
• Federal Bar Association
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers

Professional Recognition and Awards

• Los Angeles Daily Journal feature article, “Soccer field encounter forms lasting relationship” (March 16, 2012)
• AV Preeminent^® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell^®
• Southern California Super Lawyers, Business Litigation (2004-2018)
  • Top 50 in Orange County (2007-2018)
• Super Lawyers, Business Litigation - Business Edition (2011)
• Super Lawyers, Business Litigation - Corporate Counsel Edition (2008-2010)
• The Best Lawyers in America^®, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Trusts and Estates Litigation (2005-2019), Securities Litigation (2005-2013)
• The Best Lawyers in America^®, Business Edition, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, Trusts and Estates Litigation (2012)
• Lawdragon Top 3000 Leading Lawyers in America (2010-2011)
• Marcus Kaufman Jurisprudence Award, Anti-Defamation League of Orange County/Long Beach (2009)
• Robert Samuel Barnes Award, Orange County Bar Foundation (2009)
• Orange County Business Journal feature article, "Bill O'Hare After School" (October 19-25, 2009)
• Franchise Times National List of 101 "Legal Eagles" (2005-2007)
• Top Ten Defense Verdicts in California, Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals (2004 and 2005)
• President's Pro Bono Service Award, State Bar of California (1993)

Community Involvement

• Orange County Bar Foundation
  • Past President
  • Board Member
  • Strategic Planning Committee, Chair
• University of California, Irvine, CEO Roundtable
  • Steering Committee
  • Membership Committee, Chair
• Laguna Beach Education and Endowment Foundation
  • Past President
  • Board Member
• PBS SoCal Foundation (KOCE-TV)
  • Board of Trustees, Executive Committee Member

Other Professional Experience

• Hufstedler, Kaus and Beardsley, Managing Partner, Orange County (1990), Partner (1987-1990)
• Wenke, Evans and Ikola, Managing Director (1986-1987), Principal (1983-1987), Associate (1978-1982)

Bar Admissions

• California

Court Admissions

• Supreme Court of California
• United States District Court, All Districts of California
• United States District Court, District of Colorado
• United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit