Law School
University of California at Berkeley, J.D., 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
University of California at Davis, A.B., summa cum laude, 1975
Memberships
American Bar Association (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section); American College of Real Estate Lawyers (Elected, 1993).
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Author: Balancing the Automatic Stay, (with Prof. Bernhardt), 26 Real Prop. L. Reporter 144 (No. 4, July, 2003); Assessing the Value of a Loan Recovery for the Secured Lender, 2 Comm. R. Est. Defaults, Workouts and Reorganizations 663 (ALI-ABA, October 2002), 19 The Practical R. Est. Lawyer 15 (No. 4, Jul. 2003); Counseling the Letter of Credit Arranger on Tenant Insolvency, The ACREL Papers 409 (Spring 2001), 7 The Practical R. Est. Lawyer 45 (No. 6, Nov. 2001); Fraudulent Transfer Remedies For Real Estate Secured Creditors In California, 18 Cal. Real Prop. J.16 (Spring 2000); Bankruptcy, Commercial Real Estate Transactions Handbook ch. 17 (3d ed. 2000) and Supplements (2001, 2002); The Statute of Limitations Under California's Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act After Cortez v. Vogt, 18 Cal. Real Prop. J. 21 (Winter 2000); Why a Debtor Usually Decides Not To Use Off-Shore Asset Protection Trusts, 24 ALI-ABA Course Materials Journal 5 (April 2000); Real Estate Mezzanine Financing in Bankruptcy, Finance Topics (ACREL 1997); The Treatment in Bankruptcy of Deeds in Lieu of Foreclosure Agreements, 9 Cal. Real Prop. J. 19 (No. 2, Spring 1991); Principles of Real Property Foreclosure, California Foreclosure Law and Practice ch. 5 (1992); The Secured Lender's Right to Enforce Subordinate Leases, 8 Cal. Real Prop. J. 32 (No. 2, Spring 1990); Bankruptcy Reporter, ABA Real Estate Quarterly Report (1995-2002). Lecturer: American Law Institute/American Bar Association; State Bar of California; Central California Bankruptcy Association; National Business Institute. Valuation Commissioner, State of California, 1992.