Adjunct Professor Tuft practices with the firm of Cooper, White & Cooper LLP in federal and state courts involving commercial and criminal litigation. He also serves as outside counsel to many lawyers and law firms on professional responsibility and liability matters, and is an arbitrator and mediator on lawyer-client disputes. Tuft is a vice-chair of the California State Bar Commission on the Revision of the Rules of Professional Conduct. He is a former chair and special advisor to the California State Bar Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct. Tuft is a co-author of the California Practice Guide on Professional Responsibility (Thomson West, 1997). He is currently a member of the ABA Center on Professional Responsibility's editorial board as well as a member of the board of directors of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. He is a frequent lecturer and writer on professional responsibility issues and has received several teaching awards.
Education
- BS, University of Oregon
- JD, UC Hastings
- LLM, George Washington University