Current and past clients include Wells Fargo Bank and its subsidiaries, the California Restaurant Association, ACC Capital Corporation, Automobile Club of Southern California (AAA), Public Policy Advocates, the Mortgage Bankers Association of America, Bally’s Total Fitness Health Clubs, Quanta Services, Inc., EnviroSystems, Inc., H.D. Vest, Inc., Kern Oil, McDonough, Holland & Allen, Foamex, Lang, Hansen, O’Malley & Miller, Progreso Financiero, Studex, California State Parks Peace Officers Management Association, Brinker International, and The Myelin Project.• Advise and represent clients in all aspects of their state legislative and regulatory efforts• Negotiate sensitive and important policy issues for all clients; one client contracts with me specifically to handle their high level negotiations• Apply extensive legal and general counsel background for policy analysis • Build and maintain recognizable political brands and leverage that brand to achieve clients' goals• Develop and strengthen 20 years worth of working-relationships with the Capitol community, ranging from the Governor's office, legislators and their staffs, and key contacts in the Third House• Successfully sponsored legislation, including: -Representing a small Silicon Valley company in getting its nano-technology based disinfectant product approved for use in California after it had failed several times in the past -Requiring auto manufacturers to provide key codes to consumers so they could more easily duplicate keys -Modernizing California law restricting foreign investment by California domestic insurers and much more.

• Advised CEO and senior management of a large, statewide trade association (15,000 members) on broad range of matters relating to risk management, conduct of Association business including labor and employment, strategic planning and structure, negotiation of major contracts, and headquarters acquisition • Managed litigation and Amicus efforts• Managed numerous outside counsel • Provided support and information as needed for Association members and chapters

• Directed and managed all aspects of major real estate finance trade association’s legislative, regulatory and political affairs• Functioned as primary contact and spokesperson for industry and member interaction with state legislative and regulatory bodies and news media• Reviewed, tracked, analyzed and responded to all California legislation and regulation impacting members of association• Coordinated and directed development of policy, positions and priorities with association members and leadership• Helped implement and design new license for residential mortgage bankers and develop and negotiate accompanying regulatory framework. • Provided lobbying and testimony in support of and in opposition to matters of interest to association’s members • Interacted and negotiate with representatives of related trade associations to resolve differences and coordinate joint efforts • Provided reports, briefings and recommendations to association leadership and members on critical legislative and regulatory issues• Conducted and coordinated strategic political planning

• Teach popular Negotiation and Settlement course to third year law students