Bar/Professional Activity: Chairman of the Elder Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association 2008 - 2010            Chairman - Guardianship and Conservatorship Standards CommitteeNational Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Membership Committee,Practice Development Committee, Good and Welfare CommitteeColorado Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys  -Executive OfficerAmerican Bar AssociationColorado Bar AssociationDenver Bar Association, 2008

Pro bono/Community Service: Denver Probate Court Guardian Ad Litem and Attorney appointee for Adult and Minor Probate cases, Arapahoe County District Court Guardian Ad Litem and Attorney appointee for Adult and Minor Probate cases, Denver Probate Court Volunteer Attorney for Pro Se office, Total Long Term Care Foundation Board of Directors, Guardianship Alliance of Colorado - Board of Directors, Allied Jewish Apartments- Board of Directors, Colorado Citizens for Accountability- Board of Directors (past), The Foundation For Hope- Board of Directors (past), Jewish Senior Recreation Network- Board of Directors (past), Life Source Services Hospice- Board of Directors (past), LawLine9, Metro Volunteer Lawyers, 1998

Scholarly Lectures and Writings: Research, writing and citation publishing and assistance with the following publications: - Resolving a Medicaid Claim in a Decedent's Probate Estate, The Colorado Lawyer, Feb. 2008, Vol. 37, No. 2. (2008).CPA'S Guide to Long Term Care Planning-Colorado Chapter.AICPA , Inc.(2008)Preserving Your Wealth: Long Term Care and Medicaid Planning in Colorado. Bradford Publishing of Colorado (2003)Defects, Due Process, and Protective Proceedings: Are Our Probate Codes Unconstitutional?, American Bar Association Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal, Vol. 33, No. 2. (1998). (Haines)Issues for the Elderly Client, Part I and Part II-Estate and Healthcare Planning, The Colorado Lawyer, Sept. 2000, Vol. 29, No. 9. (2000) and Mar. 2001, Vol. 30, No. 3. (2001). (Haines)Featured Speaker.  Colorado Bar Association   Senior Law Day.  2008, 2007, 2006, 2005Featured Speaker.  Colorado Bar Association, Program Chair and ModeratorConservatorship and Guardianship Law 2008Featured Speaker. Colorado Bar Association "Hanging Your Shingle" seminar.  2008, 2007,2006,2005,2004Featured Speaker.  National Association of Social Workers The Incapacitated Client  2007  Featured Speaker.  Temple Emanuel The Adult Jewish Education Series.  2007Featured Speaker.  Colorado Bar Association"ElderLaw Update:  Understanding the New Acceptance of Office  for Conservators and Guardians. Co-presenter with Magistrate Michael Gallegos  2006Featured Speaker.  Colorado Bar AssociationHanging Your Shingle Seminar. 2006Featured Speaker.  Colorado Bar AssociationRepresenting the Conservator or Guardian Client After Appointment.  2005Featured Speaker.  Colorado Bar Association"Elder Abuse:  Financial Exploitation:  A Case Study; Road Blocks; Crawford; Civil and  Criminal Remedies.  Joint presentation with Ranae Johnson and Joseph M. Morales. 2005Featured Speaker.  Colorado Bar Association.Elder Law Ethics 2005.  2005Featured Speaker.  Colorado Bar AssociationFundamentals of Conservatorships and Guardianships, 2004Featured Speaker.  Guardianship Alliance of ColoradoColorado Conservatorship and Guardianship Law, November 2003Featured Television Guest and Speaker.  Senior Survival Television Show, Channel 12, Denver, ColoradoElder Law Issues, 2002, 2003,2004Featured Speaker.  CLE InternationalElder Law: Helping Your Clients Deal with the Legal, Financial and Emotional Challenges of Aging,  2001Featured Speaker. University of Denver College of Law Institute for Advanced Legal Studies Elder Law Institute: 2001, 2000, 1999Featured Speaker. National Academy of Elder Law AttorneysMillennium Symposium-Pearls and Gems on Technology in an Elder Law Practice,  2000     Featured Speaker. Numerous locations throughout ColoradoOrganizing Your Legal Affairs,  1998-2008

Other Outstanding Achievements: 2009 Denver Business Journal 40 Under Forty Nominee, 2009

Educational Background: Graland Country Day School, Army and Navy Academy, Universtiy of California-Berkeley, University of Colorado B.A., University of Colorado School of Law J.D.