I am a native speaker of American English. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I was fifteen (15) years old, I came to live in France for the first time. I was alone, I did not speak a word of French, and I had never been anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In France I found not just a new country but an entire new world. I spent those early years fascinated by not just Paris, but by all of France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was most struck by the experience of learning French. This was not just a new language, it was a completely new means of communicating. I was already comfortable in both English and Spanish, but French was altogether different. For me this is an adventure that is still ongoing. It has moved far beyond just the words of the language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I graduated from Stanford Law School. I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of California, and I am a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. I worked at the Office of Legal Affairs at the United Nations in New York among other places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Houston, I was a hospital administrator in a 900-plus-bed tertiary-care private hospital. I ran a multimillion-dollar business in Southern California and Nevada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have litigated class action federal civil rights cases. I have tried hundreds of cases before a jury, others to the bench, and handled appeals, both direct and collateral. I have dealt with probably every major U.S. government agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For decades, as a lawyer I handled countless cases: ranging from the massive and to the small. Each was important to my individual client and therefor to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eventually, various federal judges began to ask me to agree to defend death row inmates. I knew Clemenceau had also done it. Surely this was something I should also do? So I did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a stressful but intellectually challenging area. Qualitatively different from the massive fraud cases, and complex financial transactions, civil rights class actions, and everything else I had known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Throughout those years, I carried within me an intellectual lodestar, a legacy of my time in France: French statesman Georges Clemenceau. Le Tigre guided me in many areas, certainly including my ethics and principles. And my commitment to justice and fairness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I practiced as a trial and appellate lawyer. After decades of extensive experience in the U.S. federal courts, I am now back in France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over my entire lifetime, France has been generous and given me so very much. My hope now is to return some of that generosity. Daily I enjoy assisting French professionals, helping as they work to improve their mastery of English and to bridge the gulf between the franco-anglo cultures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know what it means to have a frenzied schedule, too many clients to see, too many professional and court obligations, and always too little time. I will always be respectful of that reality in your own life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you want a more detailed presentation of my professional history, please click the following link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n