Admitted:
1973, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School:
University of San Francisco, J.D., 1973
College:
University of California at Berkeley, B.A., 1970
Member:
Association of Certified Family Law Specialists (ACFLS) 1980 - present; Contra Costa County Bar Association (BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 1984-1996; PRESIDENT, 1995) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Contra Costa Barristers Association (PRESIDENT, 1981-1982).
Biography:
INSTRUCTOR, Business Law, Diablo Valley College, 1976-1982. REFEREE, State Bar Court of California, 1980-1986. JUDGE PRO TEM public and private, and SPECIAL MASTER for the Contra Costa County Superior Court, 1980-2008. PROGRAM SPEAKER for the Continuing Education of the Bar, University of California, 1993-1996 and for the Family Law Section, Contra Costa County Bar Association, 1983-2006. Named as one of 95 Best Attorneys in the East Bay by Oakland Magazine, 2007. Named as one of San Francisco's Top Attorneys in 2011 as published in the San Francisco Chronicle. Selected for inclusion in "Northern California Super Lawyers" published in the San Francisco Magazine and on Superlawyers.com, 2006 through 2012. Named as one of the Best Attorneys in "The Best Lawyers in America," 2008 through 2012.
Born:
San Francisco, California, May 17, 1948
Cases:
In Re Marriage of Baker, 1992, 3 Cal.App.4th 491; In Re Marriage of Barneson, 1999, 69 Cal.App.4th 583.