Honors and Awards:

• "Best Lawyers," 2008-2012, Los Angeles Times Magazine.

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Los Angeles County Bar Association:  Board of Trustees, 1990-1992; Family Law Section Executive Committee member, 1989-1996. State Bar of California:  Family Law Section Executive Committee, 1995-2000; Trusts & Estates Law Section Executive Committee Member, 2000-2006. South Bay Bar Association of Los Angeles County:  President, 1985.    

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Superior Court of California, Judge Pro Tem., 1991-present.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Panelist:  American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1999 Trial Advocacy Institute, "Evidentiary Issues and Problems Involving Transmutation" (January 1999); American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Trial Advocacy Institute "Security for Support in Case of Death," (January 2000); Los Angeles County Bar Association 18th Annual Child Custody Colloquium, "Custody Litigation Alternatives and Cost Control" (January 1996); Continuing Education of The Bar, "The Family Lawyer and Ethics:  Avoiding Discipline and Malpractice" (January 1995); "Estate Planning for the Migrating Client," ACTEC Western Regional Meeting, Portland, Oregon (September, 2000); State Bar of California, Marital Property Planning Symposium, "What Family Lawyers Need to Know about Trusts & Estates Law, and Vice Versa" (July 2001); U.S.C. Probate & Trust Conference, "What Trusts & Estates Lawyers Need to Know about Family Law" (November 2001); "Fiduciary Duty:  An Underused Remedy?" American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers 9th Trial Advocacy Institute (January 2002); "What Family Law Attorneys Need to Know about Trusts & Estates Law," State Bar of California, Anaheim (September 2003); "Your Client is Getting a Divorce:  Selected Family Law Issues for Trusts & Estates Lawyers, "UCLA Estate Planning Institute (May 2004); "When Death Meets Divorce:  What Trusts & Estates Lawyers Need to Know about Family Law," State Bar Annual Meeting, Monterey (October 2004); "Significant Crossover Issues, Los Angeles County Bar Association Family Law Symposium (May 2005); "The Accountant's Role When a Tracing is Required, "California CPA Education Foundation (July 2005).
• Publications:  "The "Qualifying Event':  Avoiding Loss of Medical Insurance and COBRA Rights During Dissolution Proceedings," Family Law News, The State Bar of California (Spring 1989); "All in the Family:  Specialized Discovery Rules for Family Law Cases," 3 California Litigation No. 1, at page 10, State Bar of California (September 1989); "Penalty-Free Distributions from Retirement Plans Before Age 59-1/2:  A Window of Opportunity," Family Law News & Review, Los Angeles County Bar Ass'n. (Spring 1990); "Carlson:  Are We Asking the Right Question?", Family Law News & Review, State Bar of California Family Law Section (Winter 1996); "Transmutation of Separate Property to Community Property:  Family Code §2640 Lays a Trap for the Unwary" California Trusts and Estates Quarterly, State Bar of California (Fall 2006); "Bring Back Divorce:  A Modest (But Serious) Proposal to the Legislature," Family Law News, State Bar of California (December 2010).
• Discusses the estate planning issues raised by trial and judgment in a divorce case., author, Chapter 4,The Crossover Issues: What Estate Planning Lawyers Need to Know About Family Law, CEB, 2011

Educational Background:

• AB, Stanford University; JD, Harvard Law School.