Admitted
1978, California; 1979, Colorado
Law School
University of Southern California, J.D., 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
University of Southern California, A.B., cum laude, 1966; University of Southern California, M.A., 1
Memberships
Riverside and San Bernardino County Bar Associations; Greater Inland Empire Municipal Law Association (President, 2000—).
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Staff Member, 1976-1977 and Note and Article Editor, 1977-1978, Southern California Law Review. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards: Torts II; Community Property. Author: Decertification of Appellate Opinions: The Need for Articulated Judicial Reasoning and Certain Precedent in California Law, 50 Southern California Law Review 1181, 1977; Foreign Policy Implications of the Abolition of the Foreign Tax Credit for Oil Companies, 4 Journal of Corporation Law 339, 1979; Santa Anita Fashion Park: A Case Study in Successful Ground Lease Financing, 12 Beverly Hills Bar Journal 358, 1978 (Reprinted in Selected Problems in Ground Lease Practice, CEB 1988, 1991); Censoring the Law in California: Decertification Revisited, 30 Hastings Law Journal 1577, 1979; No Drip, No Flush, No Growth: How Cities Can Control Growth Beyond Their Boundaries by Refusing to Extend Utility Services, 22 Urban Lawyer 285, 1990; Gifts of Public Funds, 31 Municipal Attorney 4, 1991. City Attorney, City of Colton, 1993-1997; Assistant City Attorney, City of Glendora, 1998-1999; City Attorney, City of Hemet, 1998—; City Attorney, City of Laguna Woods, 1999—. City Attorney, City of Goleta, 2002—. (Resident, Riverside County Office)