Admitted
1977, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1984, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Tax Court
Law School
Hastings College of Law, University of California, J.D., 1977; Golden Gate University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation, 1989
Law School Graduation Year
1989
College
Pepperdine University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1974
Memberships
Contra Costa County (Taxation Section: President, 2001, Chair, 1993-1994, Vice Chair, 1992-1993, Director, 1991—; Member, Probate, Conservatorship and Guardianship Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Sections on: Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law; Taxation Section, 1997—).
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif. Member: Thurston Society; Moot Court Board. Author: Family Business Entities: Much More than Death and Taxes, Contra Costa Lawyer, November, 2000; Cut Loose, California Law Business, October 1998; Split-Dollar Planning: It Still Works, Contra Costa Lawyer, December, 1996; Planning for Transfers of Patentable Technology, Contra Costa Lawyer, December, 1995; What is IRC Article 14 and Why Should You Know About It? Contra Costa Lawyer, April, 1992. Deputy Attorney General, State of California, 1977-1979. Faculty Member, Seminars on Estate Planning, National Business Institute, 1999—. Member, Diablo Valley Estate Planning Council. Accredited Estate Planner, National Association of Estate Planners and Councils.