Attorney Profile

Areas of Practice

• Family Law Appeals
• Trial Consulting in Complex Family Law Litigation

Certification/Specialties

• Appellate Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, 1996
• Family Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, 1990

Bar Admissions

• California, 1975
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1975
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1986

Education

• University of Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado
  J.D.
  Law Review: Denver University Law Review
  
  
• University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Finance
  
  

Representative Cases

• In re Shaughnessy, 139 Cal.App.4 th 1225 (Cal.App. 4 Dist. 2006)
• In re Marriage of Harris, 34 Cal.4th 210 (Supreme Court of California 2004)
• Muckle v. Superior Court, 102 Cal.App.4th 218 (Cal.App.4.Dist. 2002)
• In re Marriage of Duncan, 90 Cal.App.4th 617 (Cal.App.4.Dist. 2001)
• Lammers v. Superior Court, 83 Cal.App.4th 1309 (Cal.App.4.Dist. 2000)
• In re Marriage of Kerr, 77 Cal.App.4th 87 (Cal.App.4.Dist. 1999)
• Droeger v. Friedman, Sloan & Ross, 54 Cal.3d 26 (Supreme Court of California 1991)
• Berry v. Berry, 216 Cal.App.3d 1155 (Cal.App.1.Dist. 1989)
• Guardianship of Simpson, 67 Cal.App.4th 914 (Cal.App.1.Dist. 1998)
• Casas v. Thompson, 42 Cal.3d 131 (Supreme Court of California 1986)

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
  Fellow
  
  
• San Diego County Bar Association
  
  
• San Diego County Family Law Specialists
  
  
• Association of Certified Family Law Specialists