Law School
University of California School of Law, Los Angeles, J.D., 1962
Law School Graduation Year
1962
College
University of Michigan, B.B.A., 1959
Memberships
Beverly Hills (Chairman, Family Law Section, 1974-1975), Los Angeles County (Chairman, Executive Committee, Family Law Section, 1976-1977) and American (Member, Family Law Section Council, Taxation Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Executive Committee, Family Law Section, 1986-1989)
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, 1987-2003; Most Respected Family Lawyers in California, California State Bar Journal, 1989; Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 1993-2003; Town and Country Magazine, America's Top Divorce Lawyers, January 1998. Author: Chapter on Attorney's Fees, California Continuing Education of Bar Books, July 1975; Co-Author: Practical Tax Considerations in Marriage Dissolutions, Practical Law Courses, Inc., 1977 and 1978; Division and Taxation of Retirement Benefits in Dissolution Proceedings, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1979, revised editions, 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1989; Drafting and Litigating Prenuptial, Cohabitation and Marital Settlement Agreements, with Bruce A. Clemens, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1981; Employee Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans on Dissolution of Marriage, Continuing Education of the Bar, July 1995. Author: Joint or Separate Tax Returns? That is the Question, American Bar Association Family Advocate Magazine, April 1998. Co-Author: Should You Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth (IRS 1041), Los Angeles County Bar Association News & Review, Winter 2001-2002; Lecturer: Current Case Law Update from Community Property States and Related Tax Issues, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants National Conference on Divorce, June 1993; Divorce Taxation: Strategies and Traps, California Continuing Education of the Bar, October 1993; Dissecting the Corporate and Partnership Tax Returns, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, August 1993; Keeping Client Out of Jail, Lecturer and Moderator: Divorce Tax Hot Tips, American Bar Association, August 1994, 1995; Professional Goodwill and Alimony, American Bar Association, September 1995; Negotiating and Drafting Tax Clauses in Marital Settlement Agreements, American Bar Association, April 1996; Evidentiary Problems II, American College of Family Trial Lawyers, April 1996; Keeping the Client (and Yourself) Out of Jail II, American B