- Has a son and daughter.
- In 1973 he was among the co-founders of The Association of Business Trial Lawyers.
- In 1995 he joined Alschuler Grossman and quickly rose to managing partner. That firm had an ill-fated merger with Stein & Kahan in 1999 that lasted until 2007.
- Father was director of the Hollywood USO.
- Represented Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, J.K. Rowling, Mariah Carey, Tommy Hilfiger, Dr. Dre, Larry King, Netflix, Grupo Televisa, Apple Computer, Cirque du Soleil and Blockbuster.
- Won a judgment for the Agudas Chasidei Chabad against the Russian Federation to recover religious texts that were seized during the Bolshevik Revolution and World War II.
- One of his earliest cases was against the Playboy Club, which became California's first successful consumer class action.
- Graduated from USC Law School in 1964.
- Testified at a House subcommittee hearing titled, "Exploring Resolutions to Disputes Concerning Indian Tribes, State and Local Governments, and Private Landowners over Land Use and Development.".
- He served on the board of the Beverly Hills Bar Association and as President of the BHBA Barristers.
- He was listed for more than a quarter-century as a leading lawyer in Bet-the-Company Litigation in The Best Lawyers in America, been top ranked by Chambers Global and Chambers USA, and made the Daily Journal list of the 100 most influential lawyers in California.
- His many career accolades include multiple years on multiple "top lawyers" lists, ranking on Los Angeles Business Journal's 2017 list of the 500 most influential people in Los Angeles and 2010 Litigator of the Year from the Century City Bar Association.
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