Biography

B.A. 1974, Furman University; J.D. 1977, University of South Carolina; admitted to practice in California; Trial Attorney, Senior Trial Attorney, Chief Trial Attorney, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., 1978-83; Executive Director, 1983-91; partner, McKenna & Cuneo, San Diego, 1991-92; Executive Director, Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho, Spokane, 1992-2002; President, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1996-97; National Capital Resource Counsel, Federal Public and Community Defenders, San Diego, 2002–; Visiting Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University, 2006-07.