Admitted: 1979, California
Law School: University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D.
Member: State Bar of California (Member; Executive Committee, Trust and Estate Section, 2006; Chair, 2004, Conference of Delegates of California Bar Association; Board of Directors, 2000-2007); Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Executive Committee, 1986-1988; Board of Trustees, 1986-1988; Barristers, President, 1987-1988; Litigation Section, Executive Committee, 1987-1990; Trusts and Estates Section, Executive Committee, 1999-2002; Chair, Los Angeles County Bar Delegation to the Conference of Delegates of the State Bar, 2001-2002); Beverly Hills Bar Association (Member; President, President-Elect; First Vice President, Board of Governors, 2000-2009; Probate and Trust Section, Chair, 1999-2000 and Executive Committee, 1996-2004); Beverly Hills Bar Foundation Board, 2006-2009; American Bar Association (Member; House of Delegates, 1990-1991, 2003; Chairperson, ABA Center on Children and the Law Advisory Board, 1985-1986, 1988-1990; Family Law Section, Council, 1988-1990; Chair, Task Force on Children Needs and Juvenile Justice Committee, 1990-1993); Mexican American Bar Association (Member; Board of Trustees, 1993-1996, 1997-1999; Historian, 1995-1996; Treasurer, 1997-1999).
Biography: Order of the Coif. Member, Thurston Society. Research Editor, Hastings International and Comparative Law Review (Special Edition-Japan), 1978-1979. Co-Author: Will Contest Chapter, CEB's Decedents Estate Practice, Vol. 3; Will Contest Chapter, CEB's Trust and Probate Litigation. Member, CEB Probate/Estate Planning Advisory Subcommittee. Southern California Super Lawyers.
Born: Washington, D.C., September 14, 1954
Cases: Conservatorship and Estate of George H. (2008) 169 Cal. App. 4th 157. Ehrenclou vs. Mac Donald (2004) 117 Cal. App. 4th 364; Johnson v. Kotyck (1999) 76 Cal. App. 4th 83.