Faculty and Staff

Attorney at Law and C.P.A. MBA, University of Minnesota; JD, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.

BA, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea. Graduated as the Top Honor Student of the College of Business Administration, summa cum laude.

President, Abraham Lincoln University, 1996-2010. Partner, Park & Kirwan Law & CPA Firm. Practicing Tax and Business Law, 1984-1995. Worked for Arthur Young & Co., one of the Big 8 CPA firms and other regional CPA firm. Major emphasis on tax, business and investment planning.

Director, Advisory Council to the Small Business Administration of the US, 1980-1984. Director and Vice President, Local Development Public Corporation under Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, 1981-1993. Trustee, Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Southern California, 1983-1995. Member of the Board of Trustees of Polytechnic School, Pasadena, California, 1994-2003. Member and Auditor, Advisory Council on Democratic and Peaceful Unification of South Korea, 1993-1999. Advisory Board Member, Asian Program Office, Loyola Marymount University, 1990-2002. The authors of numerous published articles and professional research papers.

Roy Winter has 30 years of senior executive leadership with education divisions of McGraw-Hill, National Education Corporation, Harcourt and Thomson Learning. As the former president of three accredited online universities, he has demonstrated strength in developing and implementing strategy that fosters academic quality, student retention and financial stability.

He is a past chairman of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) Business Standards Committee and has served as an accrediting commission evaluator. He received the DETC Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to distance learning.

Roy is a U.S. Army veteran and attended college on the GI Bill. He received a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Fairmont State University and earned an MBA from West Virginia University.

Professor Park teaches Future Interests and Mortgages. She is also ALU’s Academic Support Officer and works extensively with students in ALU’s Academic Success Program.

Professor Park holds a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School, and a B.A. in English Literature from Stanford University, with Honors. Professor Park previously served as a Judical Extern for Judge Michael Nash, and for Judge Susan Bryant Deason.

Education:
J.D., Stanford Law School
B.A., English Literature, Stanford University

J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law (1984)
B.A., with Honors, from the University of California, Berkeley (1980)

She has taught law school since 2001 at Western State University College of Law in Fullerton, California, where students three times elected her as the Outstanding Professor of the Year, stating that she is "an all around great professor, with organized lectures and a strong interest in making sure her students learn the material." Professor Buckner is nominated for a national study of What the Best Law Teachers Do, to be published by Harvard University Press.

Professor Buckner’s practice background is diverse. In private practice, she litigated civil cases in the areas of labor, employment, business, real estate and construction defect, bankruptcy, and general commercial law. As in-house counsel with a publicly traded company, she monitored and managed commercial and bankruptcy litigation nationwide, and litigated commercial and employment matters locally. More recently, she served as a federal prosecutor handling white collar criminal litigation in the Central District of California. Currently she practices law through Buckner Law Corp. in Irvine, California, focusing on professional responsibility, legal ethics, and the law of lawyering.

Professor Buckner is very active in the legal community. She served on the California State Bar's Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC) for the past five years, chairing COPRAC last year. She is also an active member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and participates on its Professional Responsibility & Ethics Committee, and in the Orange County Bar Association, where she serves on the OCBA's Professionalism and Ethics Committee. She is the Contributing Editor of the column Ethically Speaking in the Orange County Lawyer.

Education:

• MLIS 2005 San Jose State University
• Ph.D. 1997 Univ. of Notre Dame, Historical Theology
• "Heresy Trials of Albert Barnes"
• Dissertation Director: John Howard Yoder
• M.A. 1993 Univ. of Notre Dame, Historical Theology
• M.Div. 1987 Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA
• J.D. 1976 Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA
• B.A. 1973 Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, CA, Political Science

Scholarly Work:

Books

1. 2012 Civil Procedure Calif. Code Forms, co-author, 4 vols. West, St. Paul, MN 6th edition, 1978-2012 yearly updates for this series
2. 1998 Heart for God: Lessons from the Lives of Evangelicals, Editor, Fuller Seminary Press
3. 1997 "Albert Barnes" in Dictionary of Heresy Trials in Am. Christianity, George Shriver, ed. (Greenwood Press, Conn.)

Articles

1. 2009 "World Religions and Clean Air," Univ. Notre Dame J. Law, Ethics & Public Policy
2. 2006 "World Religion and Clean Water Laws," co-author, Duke Environmental Law Journal
3. 2005 "Training Sixteenth Century Lawyers," Current Issues in Librarianship
4. 2004 "Stalking the Jets and Sharks: Exploring the Constitutionality of the Gang Death Penalty Enhancer," co-author, George Mason Univ. Law Review
5. 1998 "Friendship & Discipline," reform, vol. 1 no. 1
6. 1997 "Amendment A," Monday Morning
7. 1996 "COCU: Good Idea?" Presbyterian Layman
8. 1996 "Should We Participate in COCU?" Presbyterian Outlook

Symposiums/Colloquiums

1. 2009 "Achieving the Human Right to Clean Air," University of Notre Dame, March 25, 2009.
2. 2009 "The Fundamental Human Right to Clean Water," U.C. Berkeley Law School, February 27, 2009.
3. 2009 "High Tech & High Touch: The College Library in the 21st Century," Westmont College, February 19, 2009.

Education:
J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law (1984)
B.A., with Honors, from the University of California, Berkeley (1980)

She has taught law school since 2001 at Western State University College of Law in Fullerton, California, where students three times elected her as the Outstanding Professor of the Year, stating that she is "an all around great professor, with organized lectures and a strong interest in making sure her students learn the material." Professor Buckner is nominated for a national study of What the Best Law Teachers Do, to be published by Harvard University Press.

Professor Buckner’s practice background is diverse. In private practice, she litigated civil cases in the areas of labor, employment, business, real estate and construction defect, bankruptcy, and general commercial law. As in-house counsel with a publicly traded company, she monitored and managed commercial and bankruptcy litigation nationwide, and litigated commercial and employment matters locally. More recently, she served as a federal prosecutor handling white collar criminal litigation in the Central District of California. Currently she practices law through Buckner Law Corp. in Irvine, California, focusing on professional responsibility, legal ethics, and the law of lawyering.

Professor Buckner is very active in the legal community. She served on the California State Bar's Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC) for the past five years, chairing COPRAC last year. She is also an active member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and participates on its Professional Responsibility & Ethics Committee, and in the Orange County Bar Association, where she serves on the OCBA's Professionalism and Ethics Committee. She is the Contributing Editor of the column Ethically Speaking in the Orange County Lawyer.

Courses:
Professor Buckner has taught Civil Procedure; Professional Responsibility; Remedies; Torts; Legal Ethics in Business Representation; and Professional Skills (Legal Research and Writing). She has also taught the ELLS Course (Expert Learning for Law Students). She developed the course on Legal Ethics in Business Representation for Western’s Business Law Certificate Program. She has also taught Business Law and Ethics to undergraduates at Argosy University. She has served as a judge for various Moot Court and Trial Advocacy competitions. Professor Buckner has also served on the faculty and as a judge in the Orange County Bar Association’s College of Trial Advocacy training program for practicing lawyers on opening and closing arguments.

Publications:
Finance and Friendship: Judicial Bias May Violate Due Process - 52Orange County Law. – (April 2010)

High Courts Address Attorney Client Privilege – 52 Orange County Law. 40 (March 2010)

Ethical Issues Arising During Depositions – Chapter in PLI Course Materials on Taking and Defending Depositions - PLI – San Francisco, California – June 2009

Ethics Opinions Provide Guidance in Resolving Attorneys Fees Issues – 51 Orange County Law. 44 (February 2009)

Addressing the Intricacies of Future Conflict Waivers – 50 Orange County Law. (November 2008)

Is Screening on the Horizon in California? 50 Orange County Law. 44 (August 2008) – Co-authored with Robert K. Sall

Malpractice Insurance Disclosure Lurches Toward Approval, 50 Orange County Law. 50 (April 2008)

Point/Counterpoint: Sex with Clients: Permission or Prohibition? 50 Orange County Law. 38 (February 2008) - Co-authored with Robert K. Sall

Ethical Considerations in Collaborative Family Law, 49 Orange County Lawyer 50 (November 2007)

Truth in Lawyer Advertising: Are Super Lawyers the Best Lawyers? 49 Orange County Law. 46 (April 2007)

Corporate Transactional Lawyers as “Gatekeepers,” 49 Orange County Law. 45 (March 2007)

Ethical Issues Arising From Lawyer Impairment, 49 Orange County Law. 42 (January 2007)

Avoiding Common Client Complaints: A Dialog with the OCBA Client Relations Committee, 48 Orange County Law. 44 (December 2006)

The Self-Defense Exception to the Ethical Duty of Confidentiality, 48 July Orange County Law. 59 (2006) Co-authored with Robert K. Sall

The Ethics of Temporary Lawyering, 48 May Orange County Law. 56 (2006)

Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements Under California Law, 48 Mar. Orange County Law. 18 (2006).

Due Process in Class Arbitration, 58 Fla. L. Rev. 185 (2006).

Assessment as Learning: Creating a Dynamic Learning Environment Using Handheld Wireless Technology and Cooperative Learning, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Annual Conference, 2005

Arbitration Providers Adopt Contrasting Approaches to Classwide Arbitration Procedure, Conflict Management, published by the ABA Litigation Section, Vol. 9, Issue 1 (Winter 2005).

Toward a Pure Arbitral Paradigm of Classwide Arbitration: Arbitral Power and Federal Preemption, 82 Denver Law Review 301(2004).

Expert Learning and Equity Andragogy: Integrating Dynamic Groups into First-Year Courses to Develop Self-Regulated Learning, Active Teaching and Learning Conference, Institute for Law School Teaching, Gonzaga University School of Law, July, 2004

Realizing Grutter v. Bollinger's "Compelling Educational Benefits of Diversity" – Transforming Aspirational Rhetoric into Experience, 72 UMKC L. Rev. 877 (2004)
Contributing Editor, Conflict Management, published by the ABA Litigation Section

Presentations:
Criminal Law Symposium – Reforming California’s Treatment of Prisoners, Criminal Sentencing, and Ethics – Fullerton, California – October 2010

Ethical Paradigms for 2010 – California State Bar Annual Meeting – Monterey, California – September 2010

Ethics Update 2010: Significant Developments in the Law of Lawyering – September 2010 – California State Bar Annual Meeting – Monterey, California – September 2010

Ethical Paradigms for 2009: Navigating Ethics and Thriving - 2009 Institute on Entertainment Law and Business, University of Southern California, Gould School of Law – Los Angeles, California, October 2009

Annual Ethics Update, Panelist – California State Bar Annual Meeting – San Diego, California – September, 2009

Ethical Issues Arising During Depositions – PLI – San Francisco, California – June 2009

Re-Forming the Rules of Professional Conduct – Moderator – California State Bar – Annual Ethics Symposium – San Diego, April 2009

Keeping Trust Accounts in Order & Responding to Fee Disputes – Presentation to Orange County Chapter Association of Legal Administrators – Costa Mesa, California – January 2009

Recent Developments in Legal Ethics – Panelist - California State Bar Annual Meeting – Monterey, September 2008

Prosecutorial Misconduct: Aberration or Epidemic, Panelist and Moderator – State Bar of California, Annual Ethics Symposium, San Francisco, May 2008

Working Successfully with Your Federal Prosecutor, San Diego, March 2008

OCBA Last Dash – Preventing Substance Abuse - Costa Mesa, January 2008

OCBA Specialty Night – Ethical Strategies for Dealing with the Impaired Lawyer – Panelist -Costa Mesa, December 2007

Liability for Failure to Adequately Train, Los Angeles, June 2007

Ethics at the Edges of Family Law – Panelist – California State Bar Annual Ethics Symposium, May 2007

OCBA Specialty Night – Ethical Issues in Dealing with the Impaired Lawyer – Panelist - Costa Mesa, December 2006

OCBA MFA Luncheon Speaker –Ethics Update – Panelist - Costa Mesa, September 2006

Recent Developments in Legal Ethics – Panelist - California State Bar Annual Meeting – Monterey, August 2006

The Ethical Perils of Setting, Billing and Collecting Your Fees – Panelist - California State Bar Annual Meeting – August 2006
CALI’s Podcasting Project, Western State University College of Law Faculty Retreat, June, 2006

Due Process in Class Arbitration, Western State University College of Law Faculty Retreat, August, 2005

Assessment as Learning: Using Handheld Wireless Technology and Cooperative Learning, Western State University College of Law Faculty Retreat, August 2005

Panelist, Legal Ethics in Cyberspace: Avoiding Ethics Entanglements When Using the Internet
to Market and Provide Legal Services, Orange County Bar Association, June 2005

Speaker, Assessment as Learning: Creating a Dynamic Learning Environment Using Handheld Wireless Technology and Cooperative Learning, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Annual Conference, 2005

Using Dynamic Groups and Technology to Facilitate Expert Learning: Developing S.T.E.L.L.A.R.™ Students', presented with Michael Hunter Schwartz at Santa Clara University School of Law, April 2005

Expert Learning and Equity Andragogy: Integrating Dynamic Groups into First-Year Courses to Develop Self-Regulated Learning, Active Teaching and Learning Conference, Institute for Law School Teaching, Gonzaga University School of Law, July, 2004

Transforming the Traditional Law School Pedagogy to Address the Learning Styles of Culturally Diverse Students – The Hispanic Student in the Law School Classroom - Presentation to WSU Faculty, Students and Administration, November 2002.

WSU Externship Seminar – Taking Depositions and Mock Deposition Demonstration Based on Jones v. Clinton, January, 2003

What Does it Mean to be a "Trial Lawyer?" - WSU Chapter of American Trial Lawyers – Student Organizational Meeting – Moderator, Speaker and Organizer, February 2003

The Christian Law Student and the Christian Lawyer – Christian Legal Society Meeting – Speaker, March 2003

Feeding the Whole Lawyer: Moms, Single Moms and Beyond -- The Special Issues Faced by Women as Lawyers and Law Students – Organizer - Sponsored by Faculty Diversity Committee – February 2003

Your First Job as an Attorney – What to Expect, How to Get It - Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity – Panelist – March 2003
Affirmative Action Debate – Grutter v. Bollinger - Moderator and Organizer - Sponsored by Faculty Diversity Committee – April 2003

WSU Awards Banquet – Speaker and Recipient of Professor of the Year Award – April 2003

Exam Taking– sponsored by Black Law Students’ Association – Speaker – October 2003

WSU Awards Banquet – Speaker and Recipient of Outstanding Professor of the Year Award – April 2004

Group Learning in the Law School Classroom – WSU Adjunct Faculty Dinner – April 2004

Education:

• MLIS 2005 San Jose State University
• Ph.D. 1997 Univ. of Notre Dame, Historical Theology
• "Heresy Trials of Albert Barnes"
• Dissertation Director: John Howard Yoder
• M.A. 1993 Univ. of Notre Dame, Historical Theology
• M.Div. 1987 Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA
• J.D. 1976 Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA
• B.A. 1973 Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, CA, Political Science

Scholarly Work:

Journal Articles

1. Fisher-Ogden, Daryl, "Training Lawyers in the 16th Century" Current Issues in Librarianship, vol. 16. [2005]
2. Fisher-Ogden, Daryl, "Traveling Priests and Their Books: The San Gabriel Arcangel Mission Library" [2005]
3. Fisher-Ogden, Daryl and Saxer, Shelley, "World Religions and Clean Water Laws" 19 Duke Env. & Poly F. 63 [2006]
4. Fisher-Ogden, Daryl and Caldwell, Harry, "Stalking The Jets And The Sharks: Exploring The Constitutionality Of The Gang Death Penalty Enhancer" 12 Geo. Mason Univ. Law Rev. 601 [2004]
5. Fisher-Ogden, Daryl, "Friendship and Discipline," reForm, vol. 1, no. 1 [1998]
6. Fisher-Ogden, Daryl, "Albert Barnes" in Dictionary of Heresy Trials in Am. Christianity, George Shriver, ed. (Greenwood Press, Conn.) [1997]

Books

1. Fisher-Ogden, Daryl and Ogden, Gregory, Civil Procedure, Calif. Code Forms, 4 vols., West Publishing, San Francisco, CA [1998]
2. Fisher-Ogden, Daryl and Ogden, Gregory: Yearly updates for Civil Procedure vols. [1998-2005]

Dissertation & Thesis

1. Fisher-Ogden, Daryl, "The Heresy Trials of Albert Barnes: A Focused Examination of the New School-Old School Presbyterian Debate in the 1830s" (Ph.D, 1997)
2. Fisher-Ogden, Daryl, "The Library at San Gabriel Arcangel Mission" (MLIS, 2005)

Jessica Park is the Director of Compliance at Abraham Lincoln University. In this role, Ms. Park conducts institutional research, updates institutional leaders regarding higher education regulations and the latest news regarding accreditations and approvals and leads self-evaluation and outcomes assessment projects. Ms. Park also currently teaches Future Interests and Mortgages to fourth year law school students at the School of Law and has previously served as an Academic Support Officer in the School of Law’s Academic Success Program. Along with the University Registrar, Ms. Park is a Veterans Affairs Certifying Official and serves veteran students in this capacity.

Jessica Park holds a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School, and a B.A. in English Literature from Stanford University, with Honors.

Education:
J.D., Stanford Law School
B.A., English Literature, Stanford University

Judge Jurado teaches Criminal Procedure

Judge Jurado is a Superior Court Judge in Los Angeles, California. Judge Jurado is a former Assistant United States Attorney and former prosecutor in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and he is a graduate of Yale University.

As a prosecutor, he was involved in numerous complex cases, including the first RICO street gang prosecution, and argued seven cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal. While in private practice, he litigated multi-million dollar civil cases. Immediately before being appointed to the bench, he was an outside monitor of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, where he oversaw internal affairs cases. He has published several articles in criminal procedure and administrative law. He enjoys teaching law school, judging high school mock trial competitions, mentoring young attorneys, playing softball, and spending time with his family. He was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the Los Angeles Superior Court in 2006, and currently presides over felony criminal cases.

Professor Travis teaches Torts and Professional Skills I.

Prof. Travis has extensive experience as a Senior Trial Attorney litigating torts matters, including class actions, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, general liability, public entity defense, prison health care, civil rights, employment, and education issues.

She holds a JD from the University of Southern California, and teaching credentials in New York and California. She also earned a Masters in Speech Pathology/Audiology and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication Sciences.

Prof. Travis has taught undergraduates at San Jose State University where she served as Director of a clinic on speech and hearing. More recently, and has taught in National University's paralegal studies program, teaching Legal Research and Writing, Employment Law, Torts, Contracts, and Litigation I and II.

Professor Chao teaches Criminal Law

Professor Chao received and LLM from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2000. He earned his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in1996. Professor Chao also has a Master's of Arts in Sociology from DePaul University. He holds a B.A. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Political Science and English.

Professor Chao worked as an Assistant State's Attorney in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office as a prosecutor from 2001 to 2007, where he prosecuted criminal cases and conducted training sessions for attorneys and law clerks. Professor Chao also worked for NYC Children's Services - Family Court Legal Services in Manhattan from 2008 through 2010.

Professor Gardner teaches Corporations, Advanced Legal Research and Writing, and the Uniform Commercial Code course.

Professor Gardner holds a B.A. in Economics from Brigham Young University (1985), Magna Cum Laude. He earned an M.B.A. (Accounting and Finance) from New York University, Stern School of Business (1990) and earned his J.D. (1998) from Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School.

Professor Gardner is a C.P.A. and has worked as a Tax Accountant for Arthur Andersen LLP and a Senior Auditor for Price Waterhouse.

Professor Gardner has substantial experience in transactional law, litigation, and bankruptcy law. He has traveled widely and is fluent in Spanish.

Professor Frazee teaches Family Law.

Professor Frazee graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles and received her J.D. from Abraham Lincoln University School of Law.

Professor Frazee formed Frazee Law Group in Pasadena, where she practices family law.

Professor Frazee is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Pasadena Bar Association.

Professor Graubert teaches Constitutional Law and the First Amendment course.

Professor Graubert earned his J.D. degree at Stanford Law School in 1996. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Adelphi University in New York.

Prior to becoming an attorney, he taught in Los Angeles city schools for nine years, including classes in English and United States Government. Among his students were a diverse variety of immigrants from all over who had settled in L.A. and decided to become U.S. citizens.

While at Stanford, Professor Graubert’s background as a professional educator proved useful when he was chosen by Prof. Tom Campbell, at the time also serving as a U.S. Congressman for a district in Silicon Valley (for which Prof. Campbell regularly flew to Washington, D.C.), for a sought-after position assisting with courses in Public Policy and International Law.

During the semesters that Prof. Campbell was in Congress, Professor Graubert worked at the State’s teacher’s union, the California Teachers Association.

During his first summer while at Stanford, Professor Graubert was a judicial extern for Justice Ronald M. George, one the most distinguished Chief Justices of the California Supreme Court.

As an attorney, Professor Graubert has practiced both litigation and corporate-transactional law, both for international law firms and as in-house counsel, for clients ranging from Wall Street investment banks to Hollywood entertainment companies.

Professor Green teaches Civil Litigation Before Trial.

Professor Green has his B.A. in general studies from University of Michigan, Summa Cum Laude, and Phi Beta Kappa, and holds a J.D. from Washburn University Law School. He also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Virginia.

Professor Green currently works with Nemecek & Cole, in Sherman Oaks. He has handled 200 trials, including 45 jury trials. He has served as a State Representative in South Dakota. He also served as a criminal trial lawyer in the JAG Corps, and served as a law clerk to Justice Robert Morgan on the South Dakota Supreme Court.

Professor Green has also published two courtroom novels.

Professor Harris teaches Trial Techniques.

Professor Harris has his B.A. in psychology from U.C.L.A. and holds a J.D. from University of the Pacific, McGeorge Law School.

Professor Harris serves as the Principal Deputy County Counsel – Dependency – Section Head, at the office of Los Angeles County Counsel, where he has worked since 1991, and currently supervises 18 lawyers.

For the past three years, in conjunction with the Administrative Office of the Courts, Prof. Harris has taught trial techniques to attorneys and social workers.

Professor Knox teaches Wills & Trusts.

Ms. Knox is an associate attorney for a general practice law firm located in Woodland Hills. Professor Knox graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara majoring in Law and Society with a Criminal Justice Emphasis. She obtained her Juris Doctor Degree from the University of San Diego. Professor Knox’s initial years were spent in the area of criminal law, focusing primarily on writs and appeals.

Eventually Professor Knox delved into the world of Estate and Tax Planning and after two years opened up her own independent firm continuing the practice of law in the field of Estate Planning. In the Spring of 2007, Professor Knox joined the team at Anker Reed HSC, her current firm, and has spent her time there focusing her practice of law on trust administration, estate administration (aka Probate) and litigation involving trusts and estates.

Professor Hoang teaches Civil Procedure

Professor Hoang earned his Juris Doctor degree from Southwestern University School of Law in 2004, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry with a minor in Piano performance from the University of California – San Diego (2000).

Professor Hoang is associated with the law firm of McCurdy and Leibl, LLP in Sherman Oaks, where he handles litigation. Professor Hoang also has taught at Irvine University College of Law, where he taught Civil Procedure, Evidence, Professional Responsibility, Document Drafting and Transactions in Goods.

Professor Myers teaches Products Liability Litigation

Prof. Myers has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Long Beach State University (1985). He holds his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles (1988).

Professor Myers currently works with Nemecek & Cole, in Sherman Oaks. He has handled civil litigation for more than 20 years, including first chair jury trials and appellate advocacy, in both state and federal courts. Prof. Myers is AV rated, and he has previously served as a Temporary Judge with the Los Angeles Superior Court.