- Fellow, American College of Mortgage Attorneys
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, State Bar of California
- Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Past co-chair, Homeless Task Force Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Member, Stanford Real Estate Council
- Board of directors, Public Counsel
- Board of directors, Stanford University Rugby Foundation
- Former co-chair, centennial capital campaign, Polytechnic School, Pasadena, CA
- Former chair, board of trustees
- Former chair, Mayfield Senior School, Pasadena, CA, Audit Committee
- Former vice chair-development, University of California-Berkeley Parents Board
- Former chair, City of Pasadena Human Relations Commission
Education
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D., Loyola Law Review, 1981
- Stanford University, A.B., 1976
Bar Admissions
- California
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- Author, “Lender’s Remedies to Protect its Security During Foreclosure and Borrower’s Abandonment as an Unpermitted Transfer,” American College of Mortgage Attorneys, Fall 2023.
- Author, “LA’s Homelessness and Housing Solutions Tax Could be Short-Lived,” The Daily Journal, March 27, 2023.
- Author, “Eviction Moratoria during Coronavirus Pandemic,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, March 19, 2020.
- Author, “Tenancy Protection Act of 2019,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, February 14, 2020.
- Author, “HUD Policy Would Exacerbate a Worsening Crisis,” The Daily Journal, June 7, 2019.
- Author, “Clarifying the Limits of Title Insurance Claims,” Law360, September 7, 2017.
- Author, “Cost and Confusion Left Over from the Mortgage Crisis: The Need for Uniformity in Real Estate Law,” UCLA Economic Letter, January 2017.
- Author, “Homelessness and the Crisis of Affordable Housing: The Abandonment of a Federal Affordable Housing Policy,” Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, Fall 2016.
- Author, “Calif. Rethinks Energy Disclosure Rule For Building Owners,” December 7, 2015.
- Author, “California Mandatory Nonresidential Building Energy Use Disclosures Revisited,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, October 29, 2015.
- Author, “Are Courts Sliding the Genie Back into the Lamp?” Probate and Property, December 1, 2013.
- Author, “Receivership Sales of Troubled Projects: A Better Alternative To Foreclosure in California,” California Real Property Journal, October 15, 2011.
- Author, “Can America Afford to Abandon a National Housing Policy?” Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, Spring 1997.
- Author, “Federal Housing Programs: Is Subsidized Low-Income Housing An Idea Whose Time Has Passed?” California Real Property Journal, Spring 1995.