Bar/Professional Activity: American Bar Association, including Section of Litigation, Business Torts Litigation Committee, Corporate Counsel Committee and Professional Liability Litigation Committee; American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America), including Business Torts Litigation Committee and Professional Liability Litigation Committee; Colorado Bar Association, including Lawyers' Professional Liability Committee (Chair, 1997-1999); California Bar Association; Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, 2008 - present; Executive Committee, 2009 - present); Board of Directors, CLE in Colorado, Inc. (2008 - present); Los Angeles County Bar Association

Scholarly Lectures and Writings: Managing Editor and Author, Lawyer's Professional Liability in Colorado, Second Ed. (CLE in Colorado, Inc., Michael T. Mihm ed., 2005), including annual updates from 2006 to present, 2009, Speaker and Author, "Top Ten Ways for Lawyers in Small Law Offices to Get Sued (or Grieved)."  Presentation on risk management at the Utah Bar Association's annual Fall Forum, 2008, Speaker and Author, “Let’s Chat About Conflicts of Interest,” presented at the Utah State Bar's annul Fall Forum, 2008, Speaker, "Common Law and Statutory Legal Malpractice Claims," 2007 Preventing Legal Malpractice Seminars, Colorado Bar Association, 2007, Co-Chair and Moderator, 2006 Preventing Legal Malpractice Seminars, Colorado Bar Association, 2006, Author, Chapter 5, "Conflicts of Interest," in Lawyer's Professional Liability in Colorado, Second Ed. (CLE in Colorado, Inc. 2005), updated annually, 2005, Co-Author, with Hyatt, E., Chapter 29, "Statutory Legal Malpractice Claims by Clients," in Lawyer's Professional Liability in Colorado, Second Ed. (CLE in Colorado, Inc. 2005), updated annually, 2005, Co-Author, with Blankenship, J., Chapter 28, "Common Law Legal Malpractice Claims by Clients," in Lawyer's Professional Liability in Colorado, Second Ed. (CLE in Colorado, Inc. 2005), updated annually, 2005, Co-Author, with Blankenship, J., Chapter 30, “Liability to Third Parties,” in Lawyer's Professional Liability in Colorado, Second Ed. (CLE in Colorado, Inc. 2005), updated annually, 2005, Co-Author, with Hyatt, E., Chapter 31, "Damages for Injuries or Losses Caused by Legal Malpractice," in Lawyer's Professional Liability in Colorado, Second Ed. (CLE in Colorado, Inc. 2005), updated annually, 2005, Co-Author, with Blankenship, J., Chapter 32, "Defenses to Legal Malpractice Claims," in  Lawyer's Professional Liability Handbook, Second Ed. (CLE in Colorado, Inc. 2005), updated annually, 2005, Speaker and Author, "Finding Insurance for Your Professional Negligence Claim," in  Finding Insurance for Your Personal Injury Claim, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 2005, Speaker and Author, "Practice Management Software" in Overcoming Your Fears:  Using Technology in Litigation, National Business Institute, Inc., 2005, Speaker and Author, "Electronic Discovery" in Overcoming Your Fears:  Using Technology in Litigation, National Business Institute, Inc., 2005, Speaker and Co-author, with Ewing, M., "Advanced Trial Advocacy," National Business Institute, Inc., 2004

Educational Background: Walla Walla College, B.A., Cum Laude, 1980