Professional Activities 

  • Orange County Bar Association: President (1996); Officer (1993-1997); Board of Directors (1991-93)
  • State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization, Commissioner (2002-2005)
  • State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization, Criminal Law Advisory Commission, Chair (1993-94), Vice-Chair (1992-93) and Commissioner (1990-92)
  • Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, Lawyer Representative (1996-99)
  • Public Law Center of Orange County, Board of Directors (1995-2000)
  • California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Board of Governors (1992-93)
  • Orange County Attorneys Association, Vice-President (1989-91) B table negotiator (1990) (This is the collective bargaining arm for roughly 400 Orange County Deputy District Attorneys, Public Defenders and County Counsel.)
  • Chapman Univ. School of Law, Board of Visitors (1995-2003) Dean= Council, (2004- )
  • California Public Defenders Association Lecturer: Homicide Seminar, 3/86 (OC); Sentencing Seminar, 12/89 (Sacramento); Trial Skills Institute, 7/90 (San Diego); Advanced Trial Skills Institute 1/92 (Squaw Valley), 1/96 (Oxnard); 1/97 (Squaw Valley); 1/99 (Lake Tahoe); 2/02, 2/03 (Palm Springs); Annual Seminar, 4/92 (San Diego); "Establishing Trial Themes" 4/04 (San Diego).
  • California Attorneys for Criminal Justice Lecturer: Prop. 115 Seminars, "Preliminary Hearings," 6/90 (LA), 7/90 (SF, SD), 12/90 (SF). Advanced Trial Advocacy Workshop: Defense of Sex and Drug Cases, 8/92 (Asilomar); Trial & Appellate Advocacy Workshop, 7/93, 8/99 (Asilomar); "Three Strikes Seminar," 4/94 (Anaheim, Santa Monica); Faculty, Fall Seminar Appellate Program, "Oral Argument Demonstration," 12/94 (San Francisco); "Voir Dire," San Diego, 5/2001; Death Penalty Seminar (2002); "Cross of Experts," Las Vegas (2003).
  • Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) Lecturer: Expert Witnesses in Criminal Cases (LA, Orange County) 6/96
  • The Rutter Group Lecturer: Criminal Law for Civil Practitioners (Irvine) 1/99
  • California State Bar Convention Lecturer: White Collar Crime (Anaheim) 9/94
  • OCBA Lecturer: "Advocacy in the Modern Trial," Cross-Examination (6/2001); "When the FBI Calls"(1/2001, 1/2002); "Over the Line: White Collar Crime" (1/99); "The Last 60 Days: Preparing Your Witnesses for Trial" (9/10/98); "Top Gun" Closing Argument Competition (5/19/98)
  • CALIFORNIA BAR FOUNDATION
  • VIETNAMESE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
  • WILLIAM P. GRAY LEGION LEX INN OF COURT
  • BANYARD INN OF COURT
  • NEWPORT HARBOR BAR ASSOCIATION
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER
  • LOS ANGELES BAR ASSOCIATION

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