Honors and Awards:

• Elected 1985, Fellow, Amercian College of Trusts & Estates Counsel
• Order of St. Ives, University of Denver School of Law
• Awarded honor upon graduation in the top 10% of my graduating class, Order of the Coif, Stanford University School of Law, 1971
• For commitment and dedication to providing pro bono legal services to the community, Pro Bono Achievement Award, Association of Corporate Counsel, 2006

Pro bono/Community Service:

• DIA Business Partnership (Past Chairman of the Board of Directors (2 terms), Past Chairman-Business Development Committee, Chair Summit Task Force);
• Participate in K'VOD project to cook for the homeless on a bi-weekly basis.
• Leukemia Society of America (Board of Directors, Rocky Mountain Chapter 1990-1997, Past Vice-President)
• University of Colorado at Denver (Past Chair, Advisory Board, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
• American Jewish Committee, Denver Chapter (Past member - Board of Directors)
• Federation Internationale D'Escrime (Former Member, Executive Committee, Retired, Class A Referee; Past President of the Legal Commission; Member, Committee on Special Rules for Olympic Games, Technical Directorate 1996 Olympic Games, Chief of Protocol 2000 & 2004 Olympic Games)
• United States Fencing Association (Past Chair, International Committee; Chair, Fencing Officials Commission; Past President, Vice President and Treasurer)
• Denver Capital Leasing Corporation (Board of Directors; President)
• Colorado Public Expenditures Council (Past Member, Board of Directors; Past Chairman)
• Metro Denver Network (Past Member, Executive Committee; Board of Governors)
• Aurora Economic Development Council (Past Member - Board of Directors and Executive Committee)
• Aurora Election Commission – Past Chairman
• Chairman of the Board, International Hearing Dog - providing guide dogs to the deaf and deaf-blind
• Special adviser to the board, past member of the board and past chairman of the audit committee - Colorado Society of CPAs
• Board Member, Treasurer and Past President - Association of Corporate Counsel - Colorado
• Received USFA Award for service to the sport of fencing, 2010
• Received USFA Fencing Officials Commission Award for contribution to refereeing in the United States, 2011

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Taught Law and Ethics at both undergraduate and graduate levels, Adjunct Faculty, University of Colorado at Denver Business School
• Taught Corporations, Corporate Finance, Accounting and Estate and Gift Tax, Adjunct Professor

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Consultant for a start-up not-for-profit organization and currently on the Board of Directors.  Result:  Program delivered over 1,000 dogs to deaf/blind clients and helped establish International programs in Japan and Norway. Created endowment fund with dollars received from bequests, which has sustained it through economic giving cycles.
• Redesigned an accounting system to permit real-time distributed access to divisions and departments to allow instant access to the data.  Project Managers initially had received financial information 15-20 days after the end-of-the-month and projects were mainly finished within reporting period with no information to use to trace actual-to-budget figures.  Result:  Project Managers were better able to monitor existing projects, price-out change orders of contract extensions and bid new projects.
• Created a procurement group including personnel recruitment, process and procedure development and standardized forms.  Result:  Saved more than 10% on purchases and ensured that risk reduction contractual provisions were included in more than 90% of the contract agreements.
• Planned a phased introduction of computer software and hardware for a legal firm.  Researched computerized models, developed cost proposals and planned implementation.  Result:  Integrated database and calendaring system.  Reorganized workflows and downsized staff, which equated to a cost savings in excess of 30%.
• Created risk management protocols, hired an assessment consultant and reformed processes and procedures to implement recommendations for the facilities of a start-up entity which built internet data centers.  Client was required to secure E&O insurance prior to opening and was in need of developing an operational track record to compete with existing companies.  Result:  Secured E&O insurance within the deadline at costs comparable to entities which had an operational track record.
• Negotiated and implemented a buy-sell plan with former employees and created phased employment for a client who wanted to bring children into the business within a 7-year phase-in period.  Result: Company is currently family controlled and existing management employees remained as executive employees of the company.
• Developed a “fast track” negotiation and documentation process for a client requiring speedy acquisitions in a national “roll-up” program versus two other roll-up programs.  Result:  Completed 32 acquisitions in 18 months with no acquisition losses to the other roll-up entities.
• Devised a non-bankruptcy liquidation plan for a company ceasing operations with $230M in liabilities and commitments and with a cash position of only $3M.  Result:  Within 16-months the company was turned over to the remaining employee (CEO) with $500K in liabilities, one lease commitment and $3M in cash.  Potential remained for a sale or lease of the remaining facilities and return of capital to investors.
• Restructured Construction Company through changes in process and procedure for accounting, human resources, risk management and insurance and performance measurement; modified entity structure and secured outside financing at 6 times the level of existing financing.
• Negotiated a new lease at a lower rental rate and managed a remodeling project to include HVAC system expansion, thereby creating space for an expanded staff.  Result:  Saved dollars while improving the work environment.
• Restructured a disjointed Office Administration by moving the reporting structure from Human Resources to Procurement.  Result:  Costs were controlled and routed through centralized purchasing.
• Reorganized Tax Department by developing a reporting structure through the Legal Department vs. the Finance Department.  Result:  Structuring was successfully coordinated between legal and tax and more than $1M saved in transaction taxes.

Educational Background:

• JD, Order of the Coif, Stanford University School of Law
• B.S Major in Accounting, cum laude, honors in Economics - Brooklyn College (CUNY)MBA, emphasis in Finance and International Business Transactions - Stanford University