He is a member of the roster of arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association and a FINRA dispute resolution arbitrator. He was a lawyer with Chevron Corporation in San Francisco and Gulf Oil Corporation in Houston and London. He was a litigation partner in a New York City law firm as well as that firm’s Middle East Resident Partner in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, as well as a corporate associate at another New York City law firm. He is a member of the California and New York Bars. He is a former Vice Chairman of the Business Law Section of the California State Bar Association and a former Chairman of its Corporate Law Departments Committee.