Admitted
1982, California, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern and Southern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Law School
University of California at Los Angeles, J.D., 1982
Law School Graduation Year
1982
College
San Diego State University, A.B. in English, cum laude, 1978
Memberships
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County (Chair: Committee on Tax Procedure and Litigation) and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Vice-Chair, Taxation Section, Executive Committee, 1994-1995; Chair, Tax Procedure and Litigation Subcommittee). Member, Association of Tax Counsel
Biographical
Trial Attorney, District Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, 1982-1986. Lecturer: IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, 1998-1999; New Procedural Rules and Determinations Regarding Worker (Re) Classifications Act, 1998; Current Issues in Civil and Criminal Tax Fraud, December 1995; Administrative Tax Appeals, May 1995; Tax Litigation: Civil and Criminal, May 1995. Recent Developments in Tax Procedure and Litigation, May 1994; What Civil Tax Lawyers Should Know About State Criminal Tax Prosecutions, June 1993; Selected Topics in Civil and Criminal Tax Practice, January 1991. Author, U.S. Tax Court Settlement Judge Proposal, State Bar Taxation Section, May 1996. Co-Author: Tax Crimes, Bureau of National Affairs (Tax Management) 1993. Member, 1998 U.S. Tax Court Judicial Conference. Member, Planning Committee, 1999 UCLA Extension Annual Tax Controversy Institute. Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel.