Areas of Practice

Mediation and Arbitration
Estate Planning- Wills, Trusts
Business and Commercial Law
Contractor Disputes
Contract Law
Real Estate Law
Mergers and Aquisitions
Dissolutions of Small Businesses
Wills, Trusts, Probate
30% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

California Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
U.S. District Court Northern District of California
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court Southern District of California

Education

McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, CA
 J.D.

St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA
 B.A.

Published Works

Judging Mediation, JFK University Law Review, 2004

Classes/Seminars Taught

Commercial Mediation, 1997-Present
Advanced Mediation, 1999-Present
Small Business Entrepreneur Training

Professional Associations and Memberships

California State Assembly, Business and Professions Committee

National Judicial College, Reno-Faculty

City of Benicia, Vice Mayor, Councilman, 1996-2002