Founding Partner in Family Law and Estate Planning. Additional practice areas include Business Transactions and Probate.

Corporate Law and Business Litigation--Contracts--Family Law and Marital Disputes--Estate Planning--Contracts--Real Estate
• Draft legal pleadings and correspondence
• Marketing and networking
• Conducting client intake; Appearing at hearings; Conducting Trials; Organizing four-way meetings between clients, opposing parties, and opposing attorneys
• Managing the financial aspects of a business and law practice

State Taxation; Local Taxation; Sales and Use Tax; Franchise Taxation; Income Tax; Property Tax; Payroll Tax; Gross Receipts Tax; State and local tax controversy and litigation. Representing businesses and individuals before California State Board of Equalization (sales and business taxes), Franchise Tax Board (personal and corporate income tax), County Assessors (property tax) and local municipalities (miscellaneous local taxes)• Drafted legal briefs as well as pleadings in all realms of the State and Local Taxation litigation process, both at the administrative level, before the State Board of Equalization, and at state court • Successfully tried cases and conducted hearings at the state and county levels• Won an attorneys’ fees motion in excess of $600,000 against the State of California• Met with elected members of the Board of Equalization, with and without clients; attended political networking events for Board of Equalization and Congressional Candidates• Drafted marketing and informative, legal articles for publication in tax journals

Family Law, Probate Litigation, Civil LitigationDrafted appellate briefs, pleadings, declarations, and discovery documents in all realms of Family Law and Probate Litigation; represented clients at child custody, child support, spousal support, modification, and dissolution hearings; interviewed clients; defended and conducted depositions

Reviewed case files; drafted correspondence; drafted motions and oppositions; prepared deposition line(s) of questioning; assisted attorneys at court appearances and in trial

Employment Law, Real Estate Disputes, Workers Compensation Defense, Municipal DefenseReviewed case files; drafted correspondence; drafted motions and oppositions; prepared deposition line(s) of questioning; assisted attorneys at court appearances and in trial

Reviewed case files in preparation for preliminary hearings in criminal court; prepared witness subpoenas, contacted and interviewed victims and witnesses; examined police officers and civil witnesses through direct and re-direct examination, in court