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: University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D.
Member: 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).
Biography: 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.
Born: San Antonio, Texas, June 19, 1953