Admitted
1973, Illinois; 1976, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 1992, California and U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of California
Law School
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 1973
Law School Graduation Year
1973
College
Bethany College, B.A., 1970
Memberships
Lawyer's Club of San Francisco (President-Elect; Member, Board of Governors, 1992—; State Bar Delegation Chair, Conference of Delegates, 1994-1995 and 1997-1999; Chair, Family Law Section, 1999—); Bar Association of San Francisco (Member, Executive Committee, Family Law, 1993—; Arbitrator, Attorney Fee Disputes Resolution, 1997—; Panel Member, Family Law, Collaborative Law of San Francisco; Mediator, Community Boards, Volunteer Legal Services Project, 1998—); American Bar Association; DuPage County Bar Association (Chairman, Probate Law Committee, 1983-1985; Member, Law Day Chair Committee, 1979-1980); State Bar of California (Vice-President, Executive Committee, Conference of Delegates, 2001-2002; Member, State Bar Resolutions Committee, Conference of Delegates, 1998—; Member, Executive Committee, Conference of Delegates, 1999-2002).
Biographical
Certified, Family Law Mediator, Pepperdine Law School, Strauss School of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Family Law Institute, 1998. Co-Author: Collaborative Divorce - A New Shift in the ADR Paradigm, California Litigation Journal, 2001; Impact of Bankruptcy on Dissolution of Marriage in California, National Business Institute, 1998. Author: I Now Pronounce You Separated, California Family Law Journal, September, 1994; Living Wills, DuPage Bar Journal, 1985; DuPage Bar Journal, 1986; Legislative Report on Disabled Persons Act in Illinois 1987. Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago, 1973-1976; Special Assistant Attorney General of Illinois, 1984-1990; Zoning Commissioner, Village of LaGrange, IL, 1984-1990; Commissioner, Environmental Quality Control Commission, Village of LaGrange, IL, 1984-1990. Board Member, San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Foundation, 1997-1999. Judge Pro Tem, San Francisco Superior Court, Family Law, including Settlement Judge, 1998—.