• 46 years-Civil litigation and transaction practice
  • Full case responsibility from intake through trial
  • Major practice areas include title insurance and escrow litigation; real estate transactional and litigation; litigation and transactional work in business and commercial areas, probate and estate planning.
  • Former Judge Pro Tempore and Arbitrator/Mediator for Riverside Superior Court
  • Former Settlement Conference Mediator to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District
  • Former Mediator U.S. District Court
  • Riverside County Bar Association’s Fee Dispute Panel Arbitrator
  • Dispute Resolution Service- Riverside County Bar Association Panel Arbitrator /Mediator
  • Chairperson of Riverside County Bar Assoc. Probate/Estate Planning Section (1996 to 1999)
  • Barrister Member, Leo Deegan Inn of Court (1996-1998)

Education

  • Pepperdine University, School of Law, J.D., 1973
  • University of California, Irvine, B.A. History, 1970
  • Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, STAR: A A Systematic Approach to Mediation Strategies, Pepperdine University, School of Law, June 2007
  • Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Advanced Mediation Skills, Pepperdine University, School of Law, October 2008

Admissions

  • State Bar of California, 1973
  • Federal Court for the Central District of California, 1974
  • The U.S. Tax Court, 1986
  • The U.S. Supreme Court, 1977