of California, Berkeley, in 1971, with an AB degree in history, with emphasis on Chinese history. He then attended Hastings, and while there served as the teaching8 years as the Chair of the Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF) Committee on Arbitration

Law in 1990 and returns every year to teach a trial techniques class. Prior to law school a Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with honors and was inducted York State Trial Lawyers Association, New York State Bar Association and Queens County Bar Association. Michael is admitted to