I am a California Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, who loves what I do.  Although I enjoy planning estates and creating succession plans for clients of all ages and ranges of wealth, my primary focus over the last 10 years has been in trusts and estates litigation where my background in complex estate planning has served me well in understanding and sometimes undoing estate planning documents and schemes concocted by less qualified attorneys.  My passion is to find equitable solutions with a minimum amount of contentious litigation because in most instances at the end of the day the parties will remain family and have to deal with the fallout from suing each other.

I am the father and step-father of 5 great kids, 3 of whom are Eagle Scouts (like their old man). I am an Assistant Scoutmaster with Troop 485 in Westlake Village, was a First Assistant Scoutmaster with 2010 National Jamboree Troop 831, and was an adult leader for 2012 Philmont Scout Ranch - Expedition 813-G-S06.  I love golf, computers, traveling anywhere, and exploring and tailgating at Stanford football games in my RV.