Law Practice: Over 40 years of experience exemplifying continual advancement and leadership in the legal community.

CURRENT PRACTICE:

Bail Law and Motion

Bail Agents License Issues

Administrative Law Proceedings

Civil Litigation

Contract Lawyer, Civil Litigation / Family Law

Tort Law:

Representation of insurance carriers, litigation of injury and property claims under automobile, homeowners, general liability, business and medical malpractice liability policies. Extensive trial experience.

Real Property Law:

 

Preparation of deeds, leases and other real property instruments; representation of clients with zoning and land use issues. Litigation of boundary disputes, quiet title actions, deed restrictions, covenants and conditions of record issues, waste, various water and riparian rights, condemnation proceedings, mechanics lien foreclosure, lien priorities, unlawful detainer, claims for adverse possession, claims for prescriptive rights, cancellation of written instruments, declaratory and injunctive relief. Extensive trial experience.

Business Law:

 

Business formations of partnerships, and small corporations, non-profit corporations, and related documentation. Business transactions, including contracts, security agreements, contracts of sale, bulk transfers, franchise and distributorship; some employment and labor law; collection law.  Litigation of business partnership agreements, breach of contract, lien priorities, cancellation and reformation of written instruments, declaratory and injunctive relief. Extensive trial experience.

Family Law:

Dissolution of marriage and legal separations, annulments, putative spouse, paternity, modifications, guardianships, conservatorships,  and jurisdiction issues.

Specialty Areas:

 

Marital property characterization and division; Breach of Fiduciary Duties between spouses; Set-asides of judgments; Child and spousal Support;  Premarital, post-marital and live together agreements; Non-marital disputes; Mediation, Collaborative Law,  Settlement Conference judge. 

For a complete list of my academic, legal, and miltary history, go to the experience page.

Contacting me

is the first step toward initially understanding the process, costs, and concerns you may have about your case. Generally, I will talk with a potential client by telephone who is serious about retaining my services on some basis for up to 30 minutes of an initial consultation without any charge.