Academic Career:

1983-1987: Trustee Scholar at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles - 1987: A.B. Economics (Magna Cum Laude), University of Southern California - 1993: Juris Doctor, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley - 1994: Admitted as member of the California State Bar Association - 1994-2003: Deputy Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender, Contra Costa County California - Since 2006: Research Associate at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law - Since 2006: Lecturer, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg