Practice

Concentrating on commercial, business, and employment litigation, including consumer and employment class and individual actions, unfair competition, false advertising, contract and warranty claims, fraud/intentional misrepresentation, trade secrets, wrongful termination, state and federal wage and hour claims, professional negligence, and private attorney general statutes.

Peer Rating

-AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell (highest ranking)

Named in San Diego Super Lawyer Magazine in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, and in the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Corporate Counsel Editions of Super Lawyers, in the category of business litigation.

Community Commitment

Association of Business Trial Lawyers,
San Diego Chapter; Membership Chair

Master, American Inns of Court, Enright Inn

Member, San Diego County Bar Association

Member, San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program

Decisions

+ Hines v. KFC U.S. Properties, Inc., 2010 WL 596439 (S.D. Cal. 2010)

+ Yabsley v. Cingular Wireless, LLC (2009) 176 Cal.App.4th 1156 (Review Pending on Grant and Hold Basis)

+ In re Red Light Photo Enforcement Cases (2008) 163 Cal.App.4th 1314 (Review Granted by California Supreme Court, September 24, 2008; Review Dismissed November 17, 2010).

+ Fraker v. KFC Corporation, 2007 WL 1296571 (S.D. Cal. 2007)

+ Coscia v. McKenna & Cuneo (2001) 25 Cal.4th 1194

+ U.S. ex rel. Burroughs v. DeNardi Corp., 167 F.R.D. 680 (S.D. Cal. 1996)

Personal Interests

Alpine skiing, golf, motorsports, travel, and camping.

Professional Experience

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP,
San Diego, California; 1993-2010

• -Partner, 2000-2010

Jennings Engstrand & Henrikson, APLC,

• -Associate, 1990-1993

Education

Tulane University School of Law,
New Orleans, Louisiana – Juris Doctor, 1990

• -Moot Court Board
• -Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, Team-member

Lawrence University,
Appleton, Wisconsin – Bachelor of Arts, Government, 1985

• -Dean’s List – 1984, 1985

Publications, Seminars, & Presentations

Don’t Blame the Retailer, Blame the State,
Daily Law Journal, March 21, 2010

Are Employers At Risk When Employees Use Office Computers to Send Cyber-Threats or Post Offensive Materials On-Line?, Privacy & Data Security Law Journal, May 2007

Rulings Slowly Reveal the Impact of California’s Proposition 64, Washington Legal Foundation,
November 16, 2006

Lights – Camera – Action: Understanding and Harnessing the Power of Video Depositions, Merrill Corporation Webinar, August 19, 2009

Attorney’s Fees – Procedural, Practical and Ethical Issues, Enright Inn of Court, San Diego County Bar Association, November 18, 2008

“Hot Topics in Employment Litigation,” University Club Breakfast Briefing Series, May 20, 2008

“Taking Key Witness Depositions in Class Actions and
Bet-the-Company Litigation,” San Diego County Bar Association, April 9, 2008

“Important Considerations in Class Action Settlements,” Bridgeport Continuing Education, Costa Mesa, CA, November 9, 2007

“Strategies for Opposing Class Certification,” Bridgeport Continuing Education, San Diego, CA, January 12, 2007

“Considerations for Taking Key Witness Depositions for Use at Trial,” Enright Inn of Court, February 9, 2006