I am a California native, born in Santa Barbara. CA. I graduated from UCLA(Cum laude) and UC Davis King Hall School of Law, where I was awarded membership in the Order of the Coif and the West Publishing Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement for the class on 1992. My practice has been exclusively in the area of family law and estate planning for the past 20 years. I have training and experience in divorce mediation and collaborative divorce, as well as a successful record of litigated matters and trials. I taught at UC Davis, King Hall. School of Law, for three years as a clinical instructor, assisting law students in the representation of low-income victims of domestic abuse. I am particularly interested in child custody work and enjoy the focus on the needs of children in the setting of changing family dynamics. After 20 years of practice. I still enjoy my work and continue learning all the time. I'm a parent of three teenagers, which also keeps me engaged and busy.
