Law School
University of California at Los Angeles, J.D., 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
University of Southern California, B.A., 1973
Memberships
Los Angeles County (Secretary-Treasurer, 1985-1986, Vice Chairman, 1986-1987 and Chairman, 1987, Executive Committee and Chairman, Legislative Monitoring Committee, 1984-1989, Probate Section; Chair, Probate Section, 1988-1989; Member, Board of Trustees, 1988-1989; Reappointed to Executive Committee Probate Section, 1993-1996), San Fernando Valley (Chairman: Probate Section, 1981-1982; Probate Volunteer Panel, 1978—; Board of Trustees, 1979-1982; Delegate, State Bar Convention, 1979-1980; Chairman, Long Range Planning Committee, 1985-1988; Treasurer, 1986-1987; Secretary, 1987-1988; President-Elect, 1988-1989; President, 1989) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Executive Committee, 1995; Vice-Chairman, Legislative Monitoring Committee, 1996-1997; Chairman: Incapacity Committee, 1997-1998; Litigation Committee, 1998-2001; Vice Chairman, Estate Planning Trust & Probate Section, 2001-2002; Chairman, Trust and Estates Section).
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. President, San Fernando Valley Legal Foundation, 1980-1989. Author: Estate Planning and Conservatorship Substituted Judgment Rule, Report, Daily Journal, July 17, 1981; Chapter re Gifts in California Estate Planning, CEB, 2002; Published Articles: Probate and Estate Planning, Los Angeles Daily Journal, 1990—; Re Phelps-Dodge and Organized Labor in Bisbee & Douglas, Western Legal History, May 1992 edition. Lecturer: CEB, Fundamentals of Estate Planning, 1989; Probate Litigation, 1994; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples, 1996, 1998; Estate Planning for the Terminally Ill, 1997; Fundamental of Probate Administration, 1999-2000; Drafting Modern Estate Plans, CEB, 2002. President, 1980-1989 and Board Member, 1990, San Fernando Valley Community Legal Foundation. Member, Board of Directors, San Fernando Valley Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc., 1986-1988. Member, Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society.