Admitted: 1983, Arizona and U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court; 1998, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2001, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2007, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 2008, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
Law School: University of California, Davis, School of Law, J.D.
Member: Pima County and Federal Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona; Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice (Charter Member, 1986; Member, Forfeiture Committee 1997); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Life Member). Martindale-Hubbell Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers (2008 and 2009).
Biography: Public Defender: Maricopa County, 1985-1987; Cochise County, 1989-1990. Federal Public Defender, Arizona, 1987-1989. Judicial Externship, California Supreme Court, Justice Cruz Reynoso, 1983. Member, Appellate Case Processing Committee, Arizona Supreme Court, 1995-1996. Former Member: Nash and Jones, P.C. (1990-1996); Ralls, Fox & Jones, PC (1997-2002). Selection - Southwest Super Lawyers (2007-2010). Forfeiture Endangers American Rights (F.E.A.R.). Volunteer, Arizona Justice Project. Selected, The American Trial Lawyers Association, 2008. Fellow: American Trial Lawyers Association.
Born: Riverside, California, February 14, 1957
Cases: United States v. $493,850, 518 F.3d 1159 (9th Cir. 2008) cert denied (2009); United States v. Meza-Corrales, 183 F.3d 1116 (9th Cir. 1999); U.S. v. Dominquez-Villa, 954 F.3d 562 (9th Cir. 1993); U.S. v. Padilla, 508 U.S. 77, 123 L.Ed. 2d 635 (1993) on brief; U.S. v. Berrera-Moreno, 951 F.2d 1089 (9th Cir. 1991); U.S. v. Korab, 893 F.2d 212 (9th Cir. 1989); U.S. v. Laughing, 855 F.2d 659 (9th Cir. 1988); Rodriquez v. Ricketts, 798 F.2d 1250 (9th Cir. 1986).