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EDUCATION

1972 J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law

1968 B.A., California State University at Los Angeles


ADMITTED

California State Bar - 1972

California Court of Appeal - 1972

U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit - 1972

U. S. District Court, Northern District California - 1972

United States Supreme Court - 1993

U.S. District Court, Eastern District California – 2005

CERTIFIED AS A FAMILY LAW SPECIALIST BY THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA - 1993


MEMBERSHIPS

Fellow, International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers,

Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

California Association of Certified Family Law Specialists 1993


PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

Contra Costa County Bar Association: Distinguished Service Award (1995)


PUBLISHED APPEALS

In re the Marriage of Levingston (1993) 12 Cal.App.4th 1303

Murphy v. Sloan 764 F.3d 1144, 1150 (9th Cir. 2014) (Cert. denied 1/27/15)


PUBLICATIONS

Divorce: A Problem Solved, Not a Battle to be Fought

(Edited by Karen Fagerstrom)


PRESENTATIONS (Partial)

N. Calif. American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Annual Symposium: "Representing the Emotionally Disabled Client" (1995)

N. Calif. American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Chapter: “Keeping Your State Court/ERISA Fee Award after AT&T Management Plan vs. Tucker" (1995); “Current Developments in Collaborative Family Law” (2000)

Lawyer's Mutual Insurance Company: "Avoiding Malpractice in Family Law" (2001)

Association of Certified Family Law Specialists: "Improving Your Family Law Practice Cash Flow” (2002); “More on How to Improve Your Cash Flow in a Family Law Practice” (2003)

American Association of Psychologists, (1998 Annual Convention): “Essentials of Collaborative Family Law”

American Academy of Family Law Mediators, (1998 Annual Convention): Essentials of Collaborative Family Law”

Collaborative DivorceTM: Seminars 1998 – 1999

Institute for Certified Divorce Planners (1999 –2000): Qualifying as an Expert Witness after Frye, Daubert, and Kumho

International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers: International, National, and Local Forum Shopping and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in the U.S. (Munich 2010)

Business Valuation Research: Valuing Intellectual Property (2015)

Family Law and Estate Planning for the International Elite (October 20, 2016) at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Palo Alto California with Simon Bruce, Farrer & Co. UK.

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers/Association of Family and Conciliation Courts: Mental Health Consultants Assisting Attorneys: Tips, Potholes and Conundrums, September 15, September 16, 2017, San Diego, California



MEDIA APPEARANCES

Oprah - Aired October 28, 1993: Second hand Cigarette Smoke and Child Custody Orders

Leeza - Aired November 17, 1993: Smoking and Custody Orders

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Aired 1994: Smoking and Custody Cases


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