Intellectual property attorney focused on patent litigation and trial work. Best-selling author of four thriller novels:-THE LOCK BOX (2024): Monna Locke, L.A.’s finest safecracker, is kidnapped and forced to participate in what could be the heist of the century. Booklist calls it “a taut page-turner…that demands to be read in one sitting.”-DEPARTURE (2020): Air marshal-turned-investigator races to find an engineer who’s gone missing inside the SFO airport before an international flight. But is he the victim of a crime, or plotting to commit one? The lives of all 200,000 passengers inside the building hang in the balance. Kirkus called it “a by-the-minute thriller, with roller-coaster action and authentic airport atmosphere.”-FALSE HORIZON (2019): Investigating a mysterious plane crash in West Virginia, air marshal-turned-investigator Seth Walker finds himself caught in the crossfire between ruthless ecoterrorists, heavily armed miners, and cold-blooded drug smugglers. Publisher’s Weekly said it was “a strong sequel” and “a riveting, fast-moving thriller.”-TAKEOFF (2018): Air marshal-turned-investigator Seth Walker’s first case, he’s forced to take a teenaged pop star on the run to figure out why she’s being targeted by a mysterious gang of tattooed gunmen. 18,000 reviews on Amazon, with a 4.1 star average.