[3] Between 1999 and 2003, he served as the Inspector General of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, overseeing California's prison system, and from 2001 to 2003 also served as Special Counsel to the Governor.
[4] From 1995 to 1999 he was a partner in the law firm Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard.
[5] From 1983 to 1989 he was Chief Assistant Attorney General for California.
From 1979 to 1983 he was Executive Director of the California District Attorneys Association.
He has been an adjunct professor at the University of California, Davis School of Law since 1996.