Admitted: 1994, California; 1995, U.S. District Court, Central District of California
Law School: Western State University, J.D.
Member: Orange County Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section, 1994 and Appellate Law Section: Program Chair, 2006; Section Chair, 2007; Member, 2004); State Bar of California (Member: Family Law Section, 1994; Law Practice Management Section, 2006).
Biography: Dean's List. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Constitutional Law I, Criminal Procedure, Evidence II, Legal Writing II and Property I, 1990-1993. Nominated, "Who's Who among American College and University Students," Fall, 1992. Externship, California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three. Research Assistant to Associate Justice Edward J. Wallin (retired), Summer, 1992. Certified Junior and Senior Law Clerk, Orange County District Attorney's Office, Writs and Appeals Section, 1993-1994. Author: "The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of its Parts: Battered Child Syndrome under Estelle v. McGuire", Western State Law Review, Fall, 1992. Member, Editorial Board, Western State University Law Review, Spring and Fall 1992.
Born: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, November 12, 1949
Cases: County of Orange v. Ivansco (1998) 67 Cal. App. 4th 328.