Admitted
1973, California; 1974, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1983, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Tax Court
Law School
University of Southern California, J.D., 1973
Law School Graduation Year
1973
College
University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1970
Memberships
Fresno County (Chairman, Estate Planning Probate and Trust Section, 1993), Orange County (Chairman, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law Section, 1989) and American (Member, Real Property and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Section).
Biographical
Author: The California Inheritance Tax Scheme: 1981 Version, Western State University Law Review, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1980. Part-Time Professor, Estate Planning, California State University at Fresno, 1990-2001. Panelist: Continuing Education of the Bar, Planning the Small Estate, 1984; Recent Developments in Estate Planning and Administration, 1985-1994; Planning for the Aging & Incapacity, 1987, 1989; Fundamentals of Estate Administration, 1988. Judge Pro Tempore, Fresno County Superior Court, Probate Dept., 1998; Judge Pro Tempore, Orange County Superior Court, Probate Dept., 1998-2002; Fresno County Superior Court, Probate Dept., 1996-2000. (Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization)
Military
Capt., U.S. Air Force Reserve; Capt., JAGD, USAF, 1974-1978