LEGAL EXPERIENCE Assistant Federal Defender, 1992-2001 Eastern District of California, Sacramento and Fresno Attorney, 1992 ACLU Foundation of Southern California Judicial Clerk for the Honorable Harry Pregerson, 1990-91 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Associate, Litigation Practice, 1989-90 Sidley & Austin, Chicago EDUCATION UCLA School of Law Los Angeles, CA J.D. 1989 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois B.S. Finance 1986 BAR ADMISSIONS California State Bar, 1992 U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit U.S. District Court for the Central, Eastern, Northern, & Southern Districts of California