Honors and Awards:

• Awarded for Academic Achievement, James B. Angell Scholar, University of Michigan, 1990
• Awarded fellowship by Wexner Foundation for leadership training., Wexner Heritage Fellowship, Wexner Foundation, 2005

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Licensed to practice law in Michigan (1993-2003)
• Licensed to Practice Law in Hawaii (1994-present)
• Licensed to Practice Law in Illinois (1994-present)

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Health Care Compliance Association
• National Association of College and University Attorneys (1996-2002)
• California Academy of Attorneys for Healthcare Providers
• American Bar Association, Healthcare Section
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Healthcare Section
• American Health Lawyers Association
• California Academy of Attorneys for Healthcare Providers

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Director, Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy; Chair, Strategic and Long Range Planning
• Founding director and chair of strategic planning and development for non-profit organization
• Counseled non-profit healthcare entity (hospice organization) on corporate dissolution, 2004
• Director, Chair of Strategic Planning and Development, LimmudLA, 2008

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Lecture on interplay between federal and California state law on medical records privacy, including enforcement history and anticipated trends in light of new California law, Speaker, "California Confidential: Understanding HIPAA and the CMIA", Beverly Hills Bar Association, 2007
• Lecture at Annual Meeting of California Academy of Attorneys for Healthcare Providers, Speaker, Medicare Recovery Audits: Trends and Tactics, California Academy Of Attorneys For Healthcare Providers, 2007
• Case studies of the intersection of business and legal imperatives in health care cases.  Case studies included "balance billing" and the issue of noncontracted hospitals and physicians, marketing of off label uses of drugs and devices, and Stark/Anti-Kickback issues in physician practice., Guest Instructor, Interactions of Legal and Business Imperatives: Health Care Perspectives, Boalt Hall, University of California Berkeley School of Law, 2009
• Overview of the essential patient-physician contracts and ethical constraints, practical issues, and trends in patient-physician contracting, Speaker, Get It In Writing: What Every Physician's Attorney Needs to Know About Patient-Physician Contracts, American Health Lawyers Association, Physician Law Institute, 2009

Verdicts and Settlements:

• San Joaquin Community Hospital v. PacifiCare, 2003 WL 122780 (2003)
• San Joaquin Community Hospital v. PacifiCare, 2003 WL 122780 (2003)
• Sahlolbei v Providence Healthcare, Inc., 112 Cal. App.4th 1137 (2003)

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Certificate of Recognition from State of Hawaii Department of Justice for teaching brief writing for federal courts class for attorneys in Hawaii Department of Justice, 1994

Educational Background:

• A.B., University of Michigan (Philosophy/Political Science) with High Distinction, 1990