Admitted
1973, Idaho and U.S. District Court, District of Idaho; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, New York, Illinois and Ohio; 1992, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1997, Arizona
Law School
St. Louis University, J.D., 1972
Law School Graduation Year
1972
College
Purdue University, B.A., 1969
Memberships
State Bar of Arizona (Member: Sections on: Business Law, Family Law and Probate and Estate Planning); Scottsdale, Maricopa County and American (Member: Sections on: Business Law, Family Law; Council Member, three terms, Northwest, 1985-1986, At-Large, 1986-1989, Midwest, 1990-1991; Editorial Board, Family Advocate, 1978-1987; Family Law Quarterly, 1988-1991; Liaison, Washington, D.C. Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly, 1996-1999) Bar Associations
Biographical
Managing Editor, St. Louis University Law Review. Featured in: Vlajcic, Family Law Careers, American Bar Association, 1998; Couric, The Divorce Lawyers, St. Martins Press, 1993 ; Best 43 Divorce Lawyers in America, National Law Journal; Nation's Best 88 Family and Matrimonial Lawyers, Town and Country Magazine. Author: Addressing Problems of Disability/Incompetency of the Patriarch or Matriarch of the Family Business, Family Business Journal, Fall, 1998; The Law on Financial Exploitation of Seniors, Arizona Senior World, February, 1998; Old Divorce Problems--Special Issues Arise When Elderly Couples Split Up, Family Business Journal, Winter, 1998; Stock Redemptions in Marital Settlement Agreements: Unsteady Steps For the Unprepared, American Bar Association, Family Law Quarterly, Spring, 1996; Pre-Marital Agreements, Matthew Bender Publishing, 1985. Guest Columnist, Arizona Capitol Times. Speaker: Arizona Governor's Conference on Aging, 2000; Idaho Law Foundation Symposium on Legal Problems Concerning the Elderly, 2000. Assistant Attorney General, Office on Aging, State of Idaho (1973); Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Justice Section, State of Ohio (1991-1993). Board Member, Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), Cleveland Chapter, 1996-1997; SPJ Arizona Valley of the Sun Chapter, 1998—. Member: Maricopa County, Elder Abuse Prevention Alliance, Bank Fraud and Financial Exploitation Subcommittees, 1998-2000; Board of Advisors, City of Phoenix, Clear Path Program, 1998-2000. Fellow: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Member, Editorial Board, AAML Journal; Chair, 1999-2001, AAML Special Needs of the Elderly Committee); National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (Contributing Author, NAELA News).