Admitted
1973, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1979, District of Columbia and U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Southwestern University, J.D., 1973; New York University, LL.M. in Taxation, 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
Memberships
Los Angeles County (Member, Tax Section), Beverly Hills (Member, Tax Section) and American (Member Section of Taxation) Bar Associations; State Bar of California.
Biographical
Adjunct Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law, Graduate Tax Program, 1982-1985. Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, Criminal Section, 1975-1979. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Central District of California, Tax Division, 1979-1981. Author: Criminal Tax Investigations portion of Tax Practice in California Book; The Innocent Spouse Provision American Bar Association Journal, Jan, 1995, quoted: Leaving A Trail Of Paper California Law Business (Oct. 25, 1993). Lecturer: State Bar of California, Attorneys as IRS Targets, (1995, 1996, 1997); California CPA Foundation, Audit Roulette for High Income Individuals, (1997); California CPA Foundation Tax Update Conference, (1998); University of California at Riverside, What Every Attorney and Accountant Should Know About Tax Law and Procedure,; California CPA Foundation, Fraud Compliance,; Orange County CPA Society, Avoiding Civil and Criminal Penalties from Foreign Transactions, (1996); Everything you Wanted to Know About Voluntary Disclosures, (2001); University of California at Los Angeles Tax Disputes Institute (1987- Discovery in the United States Tax Court, 1989- TEFRA Tax Audits, 1995—Criminal Tax Administrative Investigations and Grand Jury Proceedings, 2000; Tax Litigation Techniques - A Motion to Compel), California State University at Los Angeles, (1992—An Overview of Tax Litigation Issues), ESOP Association (1991- Valuation Issues and ESOP Litigation) Orange County CPA Society, 1993- Criminal and Civil Tax Issues in Use of Asset Protection Trusts and Foreign Bank Accounts): International Association of Financial Planning, (1993- Pitfalls Of Leaving Trusts and Family United Partnerships and Use of Foreign Trusts).