Juris Doctor Cum Laude, Law Review Editor-in-Chief, Western State University College of Law 1979; B.A., Cal State University Long Beach, 1972; Admitted to practice before California trial, appellate and supreme courts, California federal courts, US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. Areas of concentration include business and franchise sales, commercial and real estate transactions, commercial leasing, partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies, estate planning, wills, trusts, probate, trade associations and mutual benefit corporations, retailing and franchise relations.