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Admitted: 1980, Alaska; 1981, U.S. District Court, District of Alaska; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Western District of California; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California

Law School: Seattle University School of Law (J.D., 1980)

College: Western Washington University (B.A., in Human Services, 1977)

Birth Date and Place: July 25, 1955, Fairfax, Virginia

Practice Areas: Plaintiff's Personal Injury Litigation; Products Liability; Maritime Litigation; Wrongful Discharge; Civil Rights Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Toxic Torts.

Additional Information: See: Sandy Sulzback and Rob Sulzback v. City of Borough of Sitka and John T. Ferrick

Advocate, 1991. Fellow, 1996, National College of Advocacy. Author: "The Single-Vehicle Accident: Road and Roadside Design as Proximate Cause," Trial Diplomacy Journal, Winter, 1990, Vol. 13, No. 4, Article reprinted at "Litigation at Sunrise," ATLA Mid-Winter Convention, 1991; "A Comparison of Computerized Time-Keeping System," Law Office Computing Magazine, February 1994; "Finding Diamonds in the Rough: The Undiagnosed Closed Head Injury Case," ATLA's Annual Convention, New York City, N.Y., 1995; Columnist, "Tales from the Far North," Western Trial Lawyers. Speaker: Computerized Demonstrative Techniques in the Courtroom, Alaska Academy of Trial Lawyers Roundtable, 1994; Legal Considerations for the Terminally Ill, Juneau Cancer Society, 1995; High-tech Demonstrative Techniques for use at Trial, Western Trial Lawyer's Annual Convention, Maui, 1995; Technology & the Law, Western Trial Lawyer's Annual Convention, Maui, 1996; Product Safety & Children - The Role of the Plaintiff's Lawyer in Improving Product Safety, Safe Kids, Anchorage, Alaska, 1997; Making Effective Use of Paralegals & Law Clerks in the Plaintiff's Practice of the 90's, Small Office Practice Section, ATLA Mid-Winter Convention, Boca Raton, Florida, 1997; "Legal Ethics in the 1990's - Taking the High Road in an Oral Legal World," Western Trial Lawyer's Annual Convention, Maui, June 1997; "The Law Office of the Future - Using Web Sites, Scanners, and Other Star Trek Ideas for the Office of the Present," ATLA Annual Convention, San Diego, July 1997; "Changing Trends in Insurance Bad Faith Law in the 9th Circuit," Western Trial Lawyer's Fall Seminar, Phoenix, Arizona, October 1997; "Towards the Paperless 0ffice - Handling Complex Products Liability Litigation in the Modern Law Office," New York Trial Lawyers Annual Convention, Bermuda, October 1997; "Using Technology to Aggressively Litigate Products Liability Claims," Consumer Attorneys of California Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, November 1997; "Preparing a Major Multi-Party Products Liability Case Using Internet Management Technologies," Masters of Trial Litigation Ski, Seminar presented by the Western Trial Lawyers, Sun Valley, March 1998; "Using Digital Technologies in the Small Office," Infocom Alaska '98, Anchorage, AK, April 1998; "Towards the Paperless Office," 1998 Annual Convention, Western Trial Lawyers, Maui, June 1998; Litigation Complex Products Liability Cases with the Aid of Technology," CAOC Annual Convention, San Francisco, November 1998; "Using Technology to Litigate Complex Products Claims," Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), Lake Tahoe Seminar, February 1999; "Complex Litigation Management and the Internet," New York State Trial Lawyers Association, March 1999; "Depositions & Transcripts - Using Technology to Improve Your Discovery Techniques," National College of Advocacy Technology College, Washington, D.C., October 1999; "Simplifying Complex Trials Through Technolo

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