Practice Areas - Family Law
- Elder Law
- Community Property
- Marital Property
- Pre-Marital and Post Nuptial Agreements
- Guardianship
- Conservatorship
- Estates
| - Wills
- Probate Administration
- Trusts
- Dissolution of Marriage
- Ownership Succession
- Mediation
- Arbitration
- Litigation
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| University | Purdue University, B.A., 1969 |
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| Law School | St. Louis University, J.D., 1972 |
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| Admitted | 1973, Idaho and U.S. District Court, District of Idaho; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, New York, Illinois and Ohio; 1992, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1997, Arizona; 2010, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit |
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| Memberships | State Bar of Arizona (Member: Sections on: Family Law, Business Law, Probate and Estate Planning, Mental Health and Elder Law); Executive Council Member, Business Law Section, 2002—to date); Scottsdale, Maricopa County and American (Council Member, three terms, Northwest, 1985-1986, At-Large, 1987-1989, Midwest, 1990-1991; Editorial Board, Family Advocate, 1978-1987; Editorial Board, Family Law Quarterly, 1988-1991; Liaison, Washington, D.C. Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly, 1996-1999) Bar Associations; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - Editorial Board, 1997-2006; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. |
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| Born | Chicago, Illinois, June 2, 1947 |
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| Biography | Managing Editor, St. Louis University Law Review. Featured in: Vlajcic, Family Law Careers, American Bar Association, 1998; Couric, The Divorce Lawyers, St. Martin's Press, 1993 ; Best 43 Divorce Lawyers in America, National Law Journal; Nation's Best 88 Family and Matrimonial Lawyers, Town and Country Magazine. CLE Presentation, "The Interrelationship of Business Law, Estate Planning and Family Law", Arizona State Bar Association Annual Convention, Glendale, Arizona, June 2010; Author: "What the Law & General Colin Powell Say About Your Signature on Pleadings", Arizona Business Lawyer, March 2010; "What Older Persons Need to Know About Marriage and Divorce," ABA Commission on Law and Aging, Guide Book (2006); "Representing the Incapacitated Client", CLE Presentation for the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Scottsdale, AZ, June 2005; "Domestic Partner and Non-Marital Claims Against Probate Estates," American Bar Association Family Law Quarterly, Summer 2004; Issue Editor: "The Impaired Matrimonial Client," Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2000; "Addressing Problems of Disability/Incompetency of the Patriarch or Matriarch of the Family Business," Family Business Journal, Fall, 1998; "The Law on Financial Exploitation of Seniors," Arizona Senior World, February, 1998; "Old Divorce Problems—Special Issues Arise When Elderly Couples Split Up," Family Business Journal, Winter, 1998; "Stock Redemptions in Marital Settlement Agreements: Unsteady Steps For the Unprepared," American Bar Association, Family Law Quarterly, Spring, 1996; "Pre-Marital Agreements," Matthew Bender Publishing, 1985. Guest Columnist, Arizona Capitol Times. Panelist: Arizona Governor's Conference on Aging, 2000; Speaker; Idaho Law Foundation Symposium on Legal Problems Concerning the Elderly, 2000. Assistant Attorney General, Office on Aging, State of Idaho (1973); Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Justice Section, State of Ohio (1991-1993). Board Member, Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), Cleveland Chapter, 1996-1997; Editor-in-Chief: "The Arizona Business Lawyer", Official Online Publication of the Arizona State Bar Business Law Section. Member: Maricopa County, Elder Abuse Prevention Alliance (MEAPA), Bank Fraud and Financial Exploitation Subcommittees, 1998-2000; Board of Advisors, City of Phoenix, Clear Path Program, 1998-2000. Editor: Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Member, Editorial Board, 1997-2006; Chair, 1999-2001, AAML Special Needs of the Elderly Committee; Chair, 2005-2006, AAML Amicus Curiae Committee. |
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| Reported Cases | American Party of Idaho v. Secretaty of State and Governor of Idaho (U.S. Supreme Court. October Term 1976). |
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| ISLN | 908640254 |
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