Law School
Southwestern University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1982
Law School Graduation Year
1982
College
Hunter College of the City University of New York, B.A., cum laude, 1974
Memberships
Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California.
Biographical
Member (1979-1980) and Articles Editor (1980-1981), Southwestern University Law Review. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards for Contracts and Real Property. Publications: Los Angeles County Bar Association, Family Law Section. Selected News & Review: Are Community Property Rights to Death Benefits Vanishing?, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Family Law Reference Book, 2002; Dividing IRAs in Divorce, Volume XIX, No. 3 (summer 1998); Dividing Retirement Benefits After Marriage of Shelstead, Vol. XIX, No. 4 (Fall 1998); Beneficiary Designations Under ERISA: State Law v. Federal Law, Vol. XIX No. 4 (Winter 1998); Interim QDROs, Vol. XX, No. 1 (Spring 1999); Tips for Using the Time Rule To Divide Defined Benefit Pension Plans Vol. XX, No. 2 (Summer 1999); Marriage of Rich-Former Spouse's Share Pension Reverts to Employee-Spouse Upon Death Vol. XX, No. 3 (Fall 1999); Bankruptcy Issues Involving Retirement Plans in the Ninth Circuit Vol. XX, No. 4 (Winter 2000); Employee Benefits Fax Bulletin for Family Lawyers (1998-1999); Marriage of Lehman: Early Retirement Enhancements Created After Divorce Are Community Property; Marriage of Shelstead: In the Wake of Boggs; Dividing IRAs in Divorce; Shelstead II: The Court of Appeal Terminates A Former Spouse's Community Property Interest; The Qualified Domestic Relations Order as an Enforcement Tool for Spousal Support; Los Angeles County Bar Association Family Law Reference Book, 1997 (Co-Author). Lecturer: Section on Taxation, American Bar Association; Family Law Section, State Bar of California; California CPA Education Foundation Family Law Conference, Southern California Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Los Angeles District Attorneys-Bureau of Family Support Operations; National Institute of Pension Administrators. American Society of Pension Actuaries.