Member of the Brussels, Belgium, bar. Advises and represents clients in the following legal areas :- real estate (construction, property development and sale, leases, co-ownership, etc); - company law (setting up of corporations, Mergers and Acquisitions, drafting of shareholders' agreements, rescuing and restructuring of firms in difficulty, etc.); - commercial distribution (commercial agency, sales concession, etc.); - criminal financial law.Practises litigation as well as alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods (arbitration, mediation, conciliation, etc.). Born in Monterey, California, USA in 1956. Dual citizen (American and Belgian).Former member (1995-1998) and former secretary (1996-1998) of the Managing Board of the Bar Association of Brussels.Member of the commercial commission of the Brussels bar.Has taught professional ethical rules at the Centre for Continued Professional Education of the Bar Association of Brussels (1999-2010).Deputy secretary of the Disciplinary Board for lawyers, district of Brussels.. Member of the CEPANI and of the CCAI, two reputed Belgian centres for arbitration and mediation. Deputy legal assessor of the Managing Board of the Architects' Association of Brussels