BIO

I majored in philosophy and minored in pre-law at San Francisco State University. After graduating from McGeorge School of Law, I apprenticed with legendary criminal lawyer J. Tony Serra in San Francisco for eight years before returning to my hometown of San Diego, where I represented the indigent as a court-appointed attorney and obtained a Master of Arts degree in philosophy at San Diego State University. In 2010 I started teaching philosophy at Front Range Community College in Boulder, Colorado. After I did my Ph.D. in the Social, Political, Ethical, and Legal philosophy program at Binghamton University (The State University of New York), I was Visiting Lecturer in Ethics and Law at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. I am associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, Cal State Stanislaus, where I teach courses in law, procedure, and ethics, and advise students majoring in our Criminal Legal Studies concentration as well as students seeking careers in law. In 2020 I created a new pre-law minor, which I also direct.

Along with two dogs, two and three-quarter cats, and an incredible variety of wildlife, my wife Abby and I live in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada outside of Mariposa, California, near Yosemite National Park.