Law School
Hastings College of Law, University of California, J.D., 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
University of California at Santa Barbara, B.A., cum laude, 1974
Memberships
Bar Association of San Francisco (Co-Chair, Litigation Subcommittee, Section on Probate and Trust Law; Member, Early Settlement Program; Member, Estate Planning Council); State Bar of California (Member, Bar Probate and Trust Law Section Study Team on Community Property Issues).
Biographical
Managing Editor, Hastings Law Journal, 1976-1977. Extern Law Clerk to Justice Stanley Mosk, California Supreme Court, 1976. Author: Expanding the Products Liability of Successor Corporations, 27 Hastings Law Journal 1305 (1976), cited in Ray v. Alad Corporation (1977) 19 Cal. 3d22; Program Materials, Estate Planning for the Owners of Closely Held Businesses (CEB 1984). Co-Author: Chapter on Inter Vivos Trusts in Estate Planning Practice, (CEB 1984); Protecting Clients in Anticipation of Estate or Trust Litigation: What to Do Until Help Arrives, 13 CEB Estate Planning and California Probate Reporter (Feb. and Apr. 1992); The Effect of Elder Abuse Law on the Conduct of Estate and Trust Litigation, California Trusts and Estates Quarterly (Winter 1996); Beware: Not all Fiduciary Law is Created Equal, 17 CEB Estate Planning and California Probate Reporter (April 1996); Program Materials: How To Protect Your Client As Litigation Storm Clouds Gather, University of Southern California Probate and Trust Conference, October 1996; Chapters on Grounds for Setting Aside Will or Trust Contests in California Trust and Probate Litigation (CEB 1999). Speaker: University of Southern California Probate Law Section, Fall 1995 Statewide Education Program; Northern Trust Tenth Annual San Francisco Trust Forum, 1994. (Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization)