EDUCATION

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, BA
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, JD

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 1997-Present
Judge San Francisco

COBLENTZ, CAHEN, MCCABE & BREYER 1980-1997
Partner San Francisco

DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 1979-1980
Chief Assistant San Francisco

JACOBS, SILLS & COBLENTZ 1974-1979
Partner San Francisco

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 1973-1974
Assistant Special Prosecutor, Watergate Special Prosecution Force Washington, DC

DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 1968-1973
Assistant District Attorney San Francisco

LAW CLERK TO JUDGE OLIVER J. CARTER 1966-1968
San Francisco

RELATED EXPERIENCE

TEACHING: Faculty, Federal Criminal Law, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco; Federal Criminal Law, University of San Francisco School of Law; Practicing Law Institute; California Continuing Education of the Bar; Harvard Law School Evidence Project; California Association of Business Trial Lawyers.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Lawyer Representative, Judicial Conference of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Chairperson, ABA Committee on Ethical Considerations in the Prosecution and Defense of Criminal Cases; Member, Board of Directors, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights; Member, Civil Investigative Grand Jury, City and County of San Francisco; Chairman, Police Committee; Member, Advisory Committee to United States District Court, Northern District of California; Co-Chairman, Special Bar Committee, San Francisco Bar Association; Member, Penal Reform Committee, San Francisco, Bar Association.

ISDLS PARTICIPATION: Participated in Legal Exchanges with Israel and China.

OTHER INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: Member, Delegation to the Philippines sponsored by Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.